The Drive for Self-Sufficiency

The THPL journey is one that combines community and solo participation. We all know that being part of a group is essential to our well-being and our learning and our sense of belonging. But there is nothing that makes us feel more powerful than that of self-sufficiency. We know it intrinsically, and we can see it in others - people are just better when they do things on their own. And so with this understanding we need to do whatever we can to support self-sufficiency in our lives and in others. And this could mean cheering someone on even when they are not all that capable of doing it on their own. They have the power, they just have to figure out how to get to it. Our role on this part of the THPL journey is to help to create an environment where we can be self sufficient more and more. Give support to others in their endeavors but don’t do it for them. Challenge others to do something by themselves and most of all make everyone understand that self-sufficiency is the foundation of all that we do. Yup, without it nothing else really happens on this journey

Loving life when self-sufficient