I’ve been gathering my thoughts in anticipation of today’s eWomenNetwork Success Institute event. I look forward to this conversation, not only in terms of what I want to share with others but in recognition that I will discover so much more about myself, from this adventure!
I left my j-o-b in the fall of 1990, a few short weeks after realizing that as I turned 40, I only had 25 more years to go until I could retire! With that thought, my body stiffened and images flashed through my mind of a life lost to my own regret. In that breath, I chose to live differently.
Fast-forward 20 years and here I stand, living a meaningfully sustainable life. My life is filled with the great joy of working with women who are seeking to redefine themselves; and choosing to design work/lives that are a reflection of that intention. I am one of the lucky ones. My days are filled with conversations and explorations with women who are carving out their own path and attracting to themselves other women seeking to do the same.
Our world is changing – fast, frequently and intensely. We no longer have the purported luxury of being able to be responsive and reflective in a world that pleads for us to take action and engage! Ours is no longer a life that can rely on the passage of time and the reliability of the status-quo to see us through our ‘golden years’. We are past the point of being able to simply evolve as a reaction to what moves outside of us and are now called upon to seek what moves inside of us as a directional signal for our collective futures.
Today, I look forward to being connected to an array of minds and souls, seeking to discover and express the ‘more’ that they already know themselves to be. Mine is never to determine the destination of another’s life. Mine is to share my own discoveries as an invitation to a reliable process for making those determinations… each of us, for ourselves.
I am grateful for all of the amazing women I’ve called into my life. In the space of their courage and curiosity, I continue to find my own. In their desire to engage and connect, I am invited into an ever-evolving experience of myself, as creator of my own reality. And with them, the bumps along the way seem only to be yet another invitation to delight in the new experiences they invite. And here’s what I invite you to notice: women shape culture. As the birth-givers and care-takers, our influence is profound and deeply rooted in being the first ‘sound’ that moves inside those arriving into this reality. That truth carries forward and expresses through all that we do , including creating our work/life experiences. We have what it takes to create businesses that become conduits for the evolution of culture. All we need do is bring voice outside to the flow of what moves, inside… and the rest takes care of itself.
If you’re joining me today on the Success Institute event, know that as you journey through and into your own creations, you are in the very best of company. I know, I am.
Breathing is good….
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