Back to Basics

It's a busy time of year for almost everyone, and I'm no exception. You'll notice that my last blog post was written back in November, evidence that the calendar is getting ahead of me.

That's not to say that I haven't been thinking of you. On the contrary, I've been working hard to collect my thoughts in order to continue bringing you encouraging words and thought-provoking posts. This post is an update on what I've been doing in that regard.

Primarily I've been working on the bold answer to the general question everyone asks when they learn I'm a writer: "So what kind of stuff do you write?"

You would think it would have been easy for me – a freelance writer who specializes in simplification – to come up with a one-sentence statement, but it wasn't. It required soul searching, bravery, quiet contemplation, and some fantastic coaching from an adviser at the Connection Revolution.

So after months in the making, here is the answer:

I support caring individuals

as they heal their connections with

the Earth,

each other,

and themselves.

This writing mission acknowledges that we are all surrounded by scattered messages, scattered perspectives, scattered activity, and scattered individuals, but regardless, we can still unite in our desire to restore a healthy condition to our environment(s).


Other Pieces I've Been Working On.

In the meantime, if you are hungry for more reading, here are few other things I've been working on:

• I published the latest SOS Signal, my bi-monthly newsletter, in November. If you haven't seen it and are interested in a perspective on non-competitive marketing, you can check it out by clicking here.

• I launched my new Website. There are no bells, and it doesn't whistle when you open it. It's just a simple statement of what I do and who I am. Check it out by clicking here.

• In celebration for the holiday season, I wrote an essay for Lehigh Valley Marketplace about the importance of making music together. Read it by clicking here.

Harmony for the Future

The other day I read a Facebook post from a friend who was upset with herself for fighting with a women in a holiday-shopping-mall parking lot. I had no words to console her, but I could completely understand. It doesn't feel good when the chaos gets the best of you and the people around you push you to your brink. Therein lies the importance of a community -- a cluster of individuals who remind you that you are not alone in your desire for harmony.

No matter how you look at it, there are 88 very individual keys on my piano, yet every single one contributes to the harmonies produced.

Though it may seem as if the world has gone mad, people everywhere want things to be better. We won't agree about how to solve every problem. We may not share every belief. But harmony, by musical definition, requires a combination of sounds at varying pitches. The beauty comes when they blend together in support of a unified melody.

So now that my statement is defined, my Website is launched, and the holiday preparations are as complete as they're ever going to get, I return to the task of putting words on paper ... like a mom who kisses a hurting cut in hopes that it will heal soon.