A Writing Contract
People are inspiring, teaching, and reaching each other in positive ways every day. Phil Gerbyshak is smiling, sharing, serving, asking questions, learning and hugging.
Lisa at Design Your Writing Life took a virtual page Content Done Better by Carson Brackney and another from The Write Path by Diane Penna to forge a contract with herself. Lisa’s contract, like the others, is a commitment to “doing the work you love in service to those who love what you do,” as Steve Farber says.
Of course then, Lisa left a message that it was my turn.
Lisa, this is my answer and my contract.
When I was almost 18 years old, at sunrise in the Grand Teton Mountains, a young man asked me an important question about life that I had never been asked before. Somehow I knew the answer. That answer is the basis for my writing contract with myself and the world.
I will be the kind of writer that strives to keep alive the music of the language, to hold head and heart together in the words, and to write with hope and passion that one person is better because he or she read what I wrote.
I told that boy, “I’ll never know for sure. So I’ll always be trying.”
Thank you, Lisa, for asking the question.
We can change the world — just like that.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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If you’re ready to change the world, send me your thoughts in a guest post. Feel free to take the gorgeous Change the World image up there that Sandy designed back to your blog. Or help yourself to this one.
Email me about what you’re doing or what we might do. Let’s change the world one bit at a time together. Together it can’t take forever.
Ahhhh.
Pure beauty.
Hi Lisa.
Thank you. 🙂
I love it, Liz! Simple and to the point, just like my contract. You really couldn’t have said it any better…
Hi Diane!
Thank you. Coming from the person who started the first of the contracts, that feels nice. 🙂
This brilliant manifesto via whisper transmission compu-telepathics, complete with clickable sidebar button, is and could continue to be the first Major Blog Evolutionary Leap of 2007.
Make a button saying that (since you are much better than I am at button building):
Successful-Blog: 1st Major Blog Evolution Leap of 2007
No wonder I’m in awe of you all day long and twice on Saturday as the trunks of Bradley’s trees stand stronger.
You could add to the Change The World button: “By displaying this button on your blog, you promise to uphold the Make One Person Better manifesto and never blog for traffic, stats, links, or accolades, but rather in the zeal and optimism that someday it might make one person better.”
Wow! Vaspers, that is so cool. I should send that to gapingvoid if he’s still doing his manifesto thing.
Thank you! Maybe I will.
That awe thing goes both ways. I might add.
Go Bradley U.!! 🙂
Am about to launch my post on this evolutionary leap manifesto.
narcissistic blogging is dead.
long live Totally Altruistic Blogging as defined by Liz Strauss!
Vaspers!
Totally Altruitic Blogging — how cool is that? You are too wonderful. I’m laughing and smiling. 🙂
I can’t wait to see your post. 🙂
Thanks for sharing my story Liz. You are the change you are creating in the world!
You are a changemaker, Phil! It’s fun telling the world about you! 🙂
I just did a post on “clickable link buttons” and included your link button, which EVERY product and blog and company should have.
The link button is the least understand promotion powerhouse on the web, IMHO.
Oh Vaspers,
You should leave a link here so that folks can get to your post easily. 🙂
Just guessing, I would assume that the link probably may be something like
Clickable Link Buttons
Well cone professor Vaspers!!
Thank you for sharing!