The power of invitation
This year, I’ve been all around the Polynesian Triangle (Rapanui, Hawai’i, Aotearoa) and over to Taiwan, the birthplace of the Pacific Migration. I will publish more on this in the New Year.
In a past edition, I told you that Master Navigator Tua Pittman invited me to help document his life story and the story of modern Polynesian voyaging in the Cook Islands. It’s an extraordinary tale of cultural resurgence that has yet to be fully documented. (I’m done the research – now for the writing!)
That invitation changed my trajectory and was the first major storytelling project idea in my career that came from someone else. I didn’t generate it; I was invited into it.
It also attuned me to the power of invitations. They make us feel seen, included, valued, and welcome. They are free and low risk! So who could you invite to dinner, to the Christmas table, to a weekend adventure, to a phone call or a cup of tea? Perhaps someone outside of your norm.
This might sound like a greeting card, but invitations buoyed me up this year. I invite you to invite someone else into your world.
