the glue

The Amber Youth conference was AMAZING- Kudos to Suraj and the team. You guys are incredible.

This weekend has taught me a few things about teams and breaking down our own assumptions of “how things should be” instead of “how things could be.”

Often, I get caught up with the expectations people put on organizations, so a new group needs a board, or an exec with committees, and I get so caught up in the structure of an organization that I forget the glue.

What exactly is the glue?

The glue is a vision
The glue is a sense of connectedness to others on the team
The glue is candy at meetings and karaoke after
The glue is breaking the sound barrier and doing things like they’ve never been done before.
We need to be innovators, dreamers, lovers.

After watching This is It

I was reminded again why we need to test boundaries and go above an beyond the norm- maybe that’s the glue of great teams.

- Meixi

ps. pictures for halloween!

Back to school

So I’m back in E-town and it’s just been CRAZY. There truly is nothing like school. The buzz of activity, the people, the books, the bike parking.. the music and also the leaves.

We had this class on Introduction to Social Policy and when everyone was introducing themselves, I was SO in awe at the people at Northwestern and the amazing things NU students have done. It’s always a pleasure to be back here.

So friends, thank you for being who you are.

Meixi

Breaking the Sound Barrier

I finally got back to campus after a week being sick, but it’s been SUCH an incredible time.

I have learned what it means to be a Northlight- the darker the night, the brighter you shine.

In life, we have so many things going against us and it’s awfully tiring to keep fighting, but we need to keep breaking the sound barrier. I don’t even know where to begin explaining how God has continually surprised me with how He works!!! It’s really crazy. I see my place really with the youth in Singapore and we are starting this mentorship program with Northlight School in Singapore, and my initial idea was to take the most top-achieving peers as mentors for this mentorship program BUT God has broken down MY sound barrier and my assumptions on even this. Maybe those who have figured life out- it isn’t dark enough so they have not been able to be lights yet. Maybe those aren’t the best people to connect with those in the dark, but rather, it’s those who need help themselves that when joined with another soul can create a light so piercing and powerful that we do break the sound barrier.

I’m ready to break the sound barrier- are you?