Head, Heart, and Meaning!
I arrived home from nine day journey, thinking about all of the ways we move forward and around in our lives. Some ways are reflective, slow, and private.
Some take us to a crossroads that require a decision in due time.
But the best parts of the journey are when we have friends, offering their experiences and insights. They offer hope when we’re on the darkest ride. They’re like human bridges as we move through our careers and through our lives.
Bridges make roads seem more worth traveling. They can shorten a journey or offer a chance to think about where we’re going.
Bridges can offer a lighted way to the other side.
After nine days traveling to see people I’ve met here and people who’ve never been to the blogosphere, I look at the Internet with new eyes. The interwoven content, context, and human relationships of the blogging Internet is network of bridges.
We were all new here once . . .
If we could offer an irresistible invitation, a sweet introduction, and a lighted bridge, people who never dreamed of talking might connect in a conversation that was more than meaningful and more than right.
We can change the world — just like that.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Image sources: Andrew Dubber, bjmccray, Wendy Piersall, xch.hu (see alt tags)
Hi Liz, I’m glad you had a safe journey back… and an amazing journey when you were away.
Thanks for including our northern city as part of your tour!
Joanna
Hi Joanna!
Thank you for every minute that we were with you. Thank you for every thought you helped to inspire. Thank for the hospitality of family. You’re in our memories forever.
I have been very curious to hear what your SOBCon musings will be, so good that you are back.
2 great things have happened since the conference. In follow up to the post I wrote for you re: Change the World: One pound at a Time – I won a testimony contest for my company and am the weight loss poster child for the month of May! The best part is it was a cash prize and is going to be the funds I use for a new digital camera – a real treat for me.
Secondly, I have been invited to make a CD about blogging for my field. This is where I will ask for your feedback when I have completed the outline. This means so much to me, as it’s the example I wanted to be.
The trick will be to translate all that I have experienced into my speaking.
Hi Mother Earth!
Congratulations on the ways you’re changing your world. You’ve become a bridge of the best kind showing folks who might not have the courage what they might be able to do. 🙂
Liz,
Wonderfully astute:
“But the best parts of the journey are when we have friends, offering their experiences and insights. They offer hope when we’re on the darkest ride. They’re like human bridges as we move through our careers and through our lives.”
A few years back in an article I wrote, I said, “Because of the camaraderie we develop with our fellow bloggers, especially those who we consider to be in our immediate circle, and the alliances we form with them, we may decide that getting together for a day of discussion might be an entirely plausible proposition.”
It is good to see that you have done just that, and I hope I don’t miss the next go around.
Scot
Hi Scot!
To have you in that group would be glorious! You were already there in spirit more than you know.
It’s a pleasure to have you back!
Wonderful and so true- I like the metaphor of the bridge.
I have always loved Ghandi’s saying “Be the change you wish to see in the world”
I will take the badge back and it wil inspire a post,
Suzie,
I love bridges for the same reasons.
I also love the way you see the world. 🙂