WW #705 The Trash Test

Here’s a question worth sitting with this week: are you a member, or do you belong?

Membership is access. Belonging is action.

Membership is when you sign up for something and get access to wherever it is you’re going. You get to be a part of it. Belonging is different. Belonging takes action.

The trash test

Here’s how you find out. When you’re a member of somewhere and you walk past a piece of trash on the floor, you’ll likely step over it, assuming someone else should clean it up. But if you truly belong to that place, you’ll pick it up yourself. You address things that should be addressed, because it’s yours: your organization, your team, your company, your church.

If you’re wondering why places don’t feel like home, signing up isn’t what makes you belong. It takes intentional action on your side.

Put it into practice this week

• Notice what you walk past. Do you see something someone else should handle, or something you’re willing to get your hands dirty for?
• Pick one place where you call yourself a member and take one action that shows you belong.
• Belong to more places than you call yourself a member of.

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