“Cooperation is working together for the good of all.” Working together is the basis of both family life and business life and many recreation activities. We cooperate with people whom we know well, but also with strangers. When we cooperate, rather than argue, things get done. We cannot be so determined to have our own way, that we don’t look at what is best for everyone.
In these days of COVID-19 virus and strict rules about how we interact with others, we all need to cooperate to achieve the goals of the rules. In Norway, these goals are to keep the load on the hospitals as low as possible and the result is also that very few people are dying, primarily only those who are nearing the end of their lives anyways.
For a household to function, everyone in it must cooperate in many ways, whether it is contributing to the housework, the larger projects of improving the house, the meal preparation or just showing up to meals on time.
Cooperation is also not doing things by myself, but asking for help where it is appropriate. I don’t have to do things all by myself.
When I practice Cooperation, I:
- invite partnership
- trust the power of unity
- offer my help and ideas freely
- have the humility not to do it all myself
- know I don’t have to be alone
- work with enthusiasm for a common goal.
