Author Ken Blanchard said, None of us is as smart as all of us. Each of us is painfully aware (whether we admit it or not) that we have blind spots and areas of inexperience. But when we work together, we can harness our joint experience and knowledge.

Why did Jesus send seventy disciples out in groups of two? 1/ For support. Though one may be over- powered two can withstand. Ecclesiastes 4:12 NKJV. 2/ For enlightenment. Playwright Ben Jonson said, He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. 3/For accountability. The pastor of a megachurch introduced the man who travelled with him to his audience, saying I am vulnerable to temptation, and he is my safeguard.

In life it takes humility to acknowledge that we need others, and emotional security to put it in place. If we try to do everything alone, without the support of trusted companions and mentors, we are actually limiting our potential. And if our goal is to compete with and get ahead of others rather than work with them, our future would not be as good as it could be. Good thinkers believe in the power of shared thinking. They understand that when they treasure the thoughts and ideas of others as much as their own, they receive the benefits of shared thinking, and can achieve more together than they ever could on their own.

So what now? God designed you to live in companionship. The truth is you need others, Ask him to be your guide to find and enjoy your “others”.

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John 15:11 TLB.

If we allow it to, life can drain us of our joy and leave us feeling empty, dull and discontented. There are so many big stresses in life to deal with, but often we allow the small insignificant things to irritate us to the point of stress: like getting stuck in traffic, somebody giving us a wrong look, waiting in a slow moving queue, overcooking a meal, waiting for a phone to charge up, making an honest mistake…its so easy to lose perspective and over-react. This not how God wants us to live. The real problem is that we have unrealistic expectations.

If we want to experience the joy Jesus promised, lets 1/ Accept that sometimes we can get uptight because we have a fixed idea of how life should be. 2/ Acknowledge that our expectations themselves can cause a lot of our expectation can cause a lot of frustration. When we keep expecting things to always be a certain way and they are not, we will always be upset.

Rather than swimming against the tide, lets learn to flow with it. It will help life feel that bit more enjoyable. And not only that people will enjoy being around us more.

So what now? Why not give this idea a go today: do life without expectations for example, dont expect everybody to be friendly -then when some are you will be delighted. Don’t expect your day to be hassle free, when trouble comes, look up and say,” Thank you God for another chance to turn to you for strength and wisdom, and joy.”

The original leg-pullers, were, it seems, by no means so harmless as their modern counterparts, the practical jokers.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, muggers and street criminals were sometimes known as ” trippers up “, through their practice of tripping up their victims before going through their pockets. So it seems likely that to pull someones leg was originally to trip them up and rob them – far from the sense that expression has today.

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/new-zealands-first-poppy-day-held