~ When I watched Barak Obama give the Keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in '04, I sat on my couch inspired and energized, and said out-loud: "This guy's going to be President one day."
And now we're one step closer. And I, for one, am all in. I've heard plenty of comments from a wide variety of sources on why he can't win and why the country isn't ready for him, but I shall continue using The Force to make it so: This guy's going to be President one day. Obama in '08.
~ I thought I'd lost my phone today. Well, I did lose it - for about 20 minutes. Turns out it had fallen out of my pocket in the car and when I retraced my steps I found it on the driver's seat floor. But for those twenty minutes? Complete panic. For this connect-a-holic, there is nothing more frightening than being without a means for connection. I no longer have a land-line, so without my cell? ... oh, horrors ... I don't even want to think about it.
Is there a 12-step program for this? CPA? (cell phone-aholics anonymous?)
But no problem, no problem at all, I could quit any time I want to.
~ I had one of my writing groups in my home yesterday; it had been a long time since I'd had one. I'd lost momentum after TGFKAS and I split up and I moved in w/LMD; the first few months after the split, I took an intentional break - I just needed some time to chill out and re-group personally - and then when the new job started, it got harder and harder to overcome the built up inertia. And even though I still write for the blog with semi-regularity, and in my own journal daily, there's something so empowering about writing (and listening to other's writing) in a supportive and safe space.
And yesterday I was reminded (again) why I do the groups. It's not because I'm trying to build a business (which is what i used to think when i was booking several groups/month and they were one of the 'cornerstones' of the biz), now I do it because it's joyful and delicious to spill out on the page and discover things you didn't know you thought until you let your mind and your pen wander. It's amazing to see what giving permission to just BE does to women who are not sure they can write. To be able to give/get encouragement - not just for writing, but for the way you express yourself - is a huge gift. It's eye opening to see how unique each person's writing can be, and it's my honor and delight to create the space for others (and myself) to do that.
Now that it's no longer about building my business, but about doing something I love and want to keep doing cause I love it, there's this new level of non-attachment to recruiting lots of people to come. (and yet, lots of people did ...) And by the time everyone had left the house (many stayed just to talk and drink more coffee and nosh on bagels after we stopped writing), I was all warm and syrupy-high on the good vibe. And it's still hanging on ... yum.
Won't be having a session next month (i've got a busy, busy couple of weeks in march due to some work-related commitments), but will have one again in April. Can't hardly wait.
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