I believe we’re exposed to different situations in life that help us to become stronger. During difficult times we learn how to cope and what works for us may also help others either directly through the information we share, or indirectly by inspiring people to do their own research. Or you may simply offer hope by showing that you were able to get through a tough situation.

Either way I think it’s important to share learnings and be the change that we want to see. During my husband’s cancer journey I couldn’t find one site that offered “one stop shopping” with helpful information for patients and caregivers to address the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of cancer. That’s why I created Wendy’s Wellness Connection – to pay forward what I learned and hopefully make things easier for others going through the same journey.

It doesn’t take much to share your learnings. You could send an email (which is initially how I started to share my husband’s journey), create a blog, write a book, post information to Facebook, create a group to share information … the list goes on and on.

This also holds true for work situations. Some time ago I was a new employee working for a company that didn’t have much documented about their orientation process. Rather than complain, I compiled a list of all of the info that I felt would benefit me as a new employee. I also met with other new employees to determine what they wanted to know and created an orientation guide which could be used throughout the company’s many locations to help new recruits with “the basics” that no one seemed to have time to show them.

I believe we’re all put on this Earth to collaborate, share and help each other. What gifts do you have that can be put to good use to help others?