Bubbling with Breeze

Interviewee: @bubblingBreeze14

Breeze, as I know them, is someone bubbling with creativity and kindness. I am glad I’ve had the great pleasure of working alongside them on 7cups. They are an emerging leader, and their kindness humbles me each time I exchange words with them.

What led you to join 7cups as a listener?

Hmm.. a good question to think about 😄

Let me share a story with you...

"There was a man traveling in the woods to his cottage, when he saw a snake in a trap. It was trying to get out but it couldn't. This kind man gently removed the trap and took the snake out of it. The snake was saved. However, the snake instantly bit the man. It's not because what he did is bad. He did a wonderful thing by saving the snake. However, it is the snake's nature to bite and it did what came natural to it and went into the woods."

The idea to be taken from it is that not everyone's actions are caused by you. It's just their way of dealing with things. You should not offend yourself thinking you cause them. All you can do is do your best to be a wonderful person.

We all have difficult situations in life, and I actually found this place when I was looking for anonymous and safe sites to talk with someone, just to share what I felt.

This site popped up in my search results and I gave it a look, connected with a wonderful listener and got a lot of insights with that single conversation.

This story I shared is something that supported me through hard times.

Well, I've been a person with a helpful nature since I was small. I remember helping my friends, teachers and other people as much as I could.

That small act of kindness I got that day made me think, what if I join here and help people. It would give me the chance to help a lot more people who really need it. I'd be able to see them smile and be happy after a conversation.

So yeah that is what led me to become a listener and I'm so proud of past ME for taking such a great step!

What have you cherished the most in your 7cups journey so far?

Wow.. there are a lot!

First and foremost it is talking with members and helping them out. I could see how they improve, how they come out of those problems, find confidence and faith within them. Just being someone to listen to them when they need is something I believe to be really important as I know it could mean the world to them. At least if it was me, I would feel that way. Also reading those wonderful feedback they leave for me was like icing on the top. It just validates what I do.

Secondly, I've enjoyed and still enjoy my time with all the teams I'm a part of. The verifiers team, AL1 team, Peer appreciation team and every other team. We do some amazing work here as volunteers and it's really wonderful to see our progress as a community.

Thirdly, the academy programs.. Wow what a journey and what a beautiful and important set of resources. Academy team you've outdone yourselves.

Finally, (Sorry for putting you all at the end 😋) working with all my fellow listeners. It's been amazing to work with them to see such talented people and not to mention their compassion as well. You've all been a great support to me. So thank you ❤️

I think there are a lot more if I dig deep, but hope this is enough for now 😉

What is one quality/talent in you that enables you to serve the community?

Hmm...

Well, one thing would be that I have quite a good talent to listen well before giving away my thoughts and I am a person that looks at a problem or a certain situation in different ways. So I believe these enable me to be a good listener and a leader as well, because after all we're all moving towards one goal and that is simply to make a safe place for everyone. Having an open mind and being open to receive and give feedback is a quality that every leader should possess as in my opinion.

How does 7cups help you in your offline life and career pursuits?

I believe I've seen the impact of 7Cups for my offline life and career mostly after I completed the leadership development program. One reason is that the program had so many important aspects to learn and it also had some great character identification mechanisms which I loved. It actually validated my personality and my qualities. While doing the course I used the things I learn, in my offline life as well and I've seen it work. I think it helped me a lot to make that inner leader shine brighter than before, at least in my eyes.

I was someone who always complimented others' progressions even if they are small and I was someone who used to say that "it's alright" if something goes wrong. From the time at 7cups, I learnt that what I'm doing is actually a valuable quality of a leader. One should inspire others to create something new or to move forward and achieve a goal; that's who a true leader should be.

So 7cups Thank you for everything you've taught me and for being there for me when needed and for giving me the opportunity to help more and more people.

What do you want to be remembered for?

This question, I think I've answered in another thread created by another wonderful listener. So I'd repeat the same here as well!

I'd like to be remembered by the Breeze they feel whenever they talk with me. 😋😄 All I want anyone who talks with me to feel is that they are safe, calm, loved, cared for and of course for them to smile.

I'm not expecting anyone to remember me with anything, but if they actually do.. I'd like them to remember me with those. I'd like them to feel all of that when they think of me. If that's possible of course 😄

What is something you’d like to learn more?

I'd like to learn more about animations 😄 You know like the ones in those animated movies. I don't know about you, but whenever I watch an animated movie that is actually beautiful with lovely graphics I wonder how great it would be to be there when they make them, maybe animate a few characters too 😋 When those computer graphics come to life and move around, talk just as a person would and actually gives away a beautiful meaning at the end, that's important for life, make me awe every time. It's wonderful to see such a beautiful creation come to life and make people laugh, forget their worries and actually learn something. In a way it's magical! By the way, who knows.. you might be looking at another bubbling animator.. 😄

How do you walk through hurdles and challenges of your day to day life?

Hmm...how do I go through challenges? Let's think Breeze, how do you overcome them? 😮‍ 😄

Ok, so yes I do have challenges and hurdles to face just as you all do and I believe that's natural. However, I'm not going to say that those challenges / hurdles haven't had any impact on me or they haven't demotivated me. There were times when I had to stop and think about those hurdles, but the good thing is for some reason I'm an optimist. So I do believe that things will work out way better than I hoped for.

Let's say I have to face an obstacle at work, what I'd do is take some time to listen or look at the problem carefully instead of jumping into conclusions as soon as I hear them. Instead, I would think of the way I need to respond and what I have to do. This allows me to calm down and also respond to the obstacle in a gentle and a more suitable way. After all the saying also goes as "Think before you act" which is really valid as I've noticed 🙂

On some other occasions where I'm faced with a challenge, I will take a few minutes to think about how many challenges I've faced in the past and how nicely I've overcome them. I would ask myself, if I could face those challenges before and overcome them nicely and learn something from them as well, then why not now? This actually helps me to believe that I'm capable of overcoming them.

Yes, I know it can be hard to be positive at some points, but I believe we have all the answers to the questions and all the keys to pass a challenge within ourselves. All you have to do is trust yourself and remember what a beautiful person you are 🙂

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