Let Me Sit With This.

Let me sit with this.

Let me take it in.

Let me understand it

From deep within.

- ‘A Time to Grow’, The Henry Girls

There are things that, when authentically said and heard - are like falling onto a soft bed.

‘Let me sit with this.’

When was the last time someone said that to you - or you said it to someone else?

Not - ‘Leave it with me.’

Not - ‘I’ll get back to you.’

Definitely not - ‘Let’s take that offline.’

And oh please not - ‘We’ll circle back to that later.’

Time spent is the ultimate compliment. ‘Let me sit with this,’ is a powerful statement of worthiness. Of servant-leadership. Of courtesy. Of respect. Of connection.

‘Let me sit with this,’ isn’t inaction or procrastination. It’s deep work.

‘Let me sit with this,’ is also part of the power of Step 1 - Step Back. We sit with our own emotions stirred up by a stimulus needing a decision. We take it in. We seek to understand why it is affecting us. We do this not as part of some box-ticking (even though ‘Five Steps’ does imply this).

We sit with our emotions and attend to our needs with the intent of understanding ourselves so we can be present with, understand, and serve another. Our mutual humanity beneath the corporate façade.

From deep within.