No one needs a proof of purchase or receipt on life experiences. Reaching out to support someone or just discussing your life is an action step and a valuable one. The time you give to listen, coach, hold space is valuable. Your experience matters and are valuable. “Experience is in the Experiment” “Go”

Been sitting with something and figured I'd just say it out loud instead of keeping it in my head. Every one of us landed here looking for something. Didn't matter what it looked like on the surface, underneath it we were all just trying to figure out how to be better men. That's exactly how it's supposed to start. You show up, you take what you need, you keep coming back. Somewhere in that process, something shifts. Not all at once, more like you notice it after the fact. You're still learning, you never really stop, but you look up one day and realize you're carrying something now that somebody else in your life doesn't have yet. A guy at work who goes quiet sometimes and you've clocked it but never said anything. Your brother in law. That buddy from years back you keep meaning to check on. I'm not bringing this up to put that on anybody. I'm bringing it up because that's exactly where I found myself. I was part of another community before this one, still am actually, and at some point what I was getting from it stopped being just for me. I felt this pull toward wanting to hand it off to somebody else. That pull is honestly the whole reason Anchored and Ready exists. That's what I mean by being a lighthouse. A lighthouse doesn't chase ships down or yell at them to come closer. It just stays lit, and because it's lit, somebody out there can find their way by it. You see something, you say something. That's really the whole thing. Not a program, not a responsibility you have to carry perfectly, just being willing to say the thing when you notice it. I don't think any of us plan for this moment. I sure didn't see mine coming. But if you've been doing some of this work, there's a decent chance you're already that for somebody without even clocking it yourself. I just wanted to name it, because having it named is what did it for me. That's the whole thought. Curious if anyone else has felt that pull, or has a guy in mind they've been meaning to say something to.