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I've heard this before, probably first from my mother, then later from friends or family. But I am identifying more and more with this.
Sometimes there just isn't enough of me.
I don't mean physically, I just feel mentally there isn't enough brain power to keep all the plates spinning in the air.
Especially as the harder I try, the more behind I get.
I've always been a doer, and I know how to do many things, but no one can expand the hours in the days, no one can give us an eight day week, and months that should always be 32 days long, just don't exist.
It's my own fault.
I want to see things get completed, I want people to be happy, and I want all the efforts people make to be appreciated.
Too often, sitting in a meeting, I suddenly hear the words coming out of my mouth, that I can help.
As good as that sounds, sometimes it is my undoing.
I want to set a good example. I know I sound like a broken record, encouraging people to get more involved, to join a group, to assist a neighbor, to take on leadership roles. If I ask others, I should be willing to do this also.
But then everyone has limits. Some have bigger limits than others.
My limits are about six feet higher than I can reach.
So that tells me that things don’t get done the way they should, which bothers me.
Things like The First Impressions Committee that was part of a grant which was given to the city last year, and we are in the followup stage. The committee started with great intentions and did some very fine work, but the meetings stretched out, and now nothing has happened for a few months. At the last meeting only five of the original 20 people showed up.
That's not good.
But we all got busier.
Don't worry, eventually we will get back together because there are some great ideas, and some real opportunities that came out of that group. But that is where we have to admit that we need some new leadership. Past leadership has stepped away, and let this among other efforts dim. And some projects are still in progress, just in the background a bit.
But it's not too late.
We should all want the world we live in to be better; we should all want people to clean up their properties and be proud they live in Iowa, in Hamilton County and in Webster City.
Hometown Pride has just hired a Community Coach for Hamilton County. Julie Wright will be on the scene soon to help us become a better community. She won't be dictating to us, she will be helping us find our footing.
We need this right now, and I'm excited to meet her.
When we do, I trust that she will do all she can to help us all work together to meet goals that will truly make us proud.