Music, Love, and All of that Light
Terry’s reflection on SOBCon inspired me to sit down again with my thoughts. My heart was filled to bursting when they drove me home on Sunday. It was Terry, Jesse, and Chrisg riding along and commenting on the blueness of the lake.
Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer, but can you put your hands in your head? — Supertramp, Breakfast in America
That is the song that drives me. It’s the song that makes SOBCon happen. It must be a blogger’s song too because Terry points out that “We’ve got the Dreamer’s Disease.”
Making dreams a reality is even easier with Terry around.
I’ve always been a dreamer who needs a building crew. And I had a crew of usual suspects who stepped up to help and still others came from places I never suspected.
Terry attracts people, connects with them, and smooths out the rough edges in everyone. He gives in ways that most people don’t realize that they’ve been given to.
Lorelle had more drive, love, and honest ability than should fit inside someone so small. Chris, Lisa, and Dawud were a members of the team, too. Jesse and Karen were there when we needed them.
And there are all of you!
And Supertramp challenging me.
Could I let the people who came see the city the way that I do? Could we make an event that brought the commardarie of the event last year?
Would I see folks who stuck together like refrigerator magnets?
you can do anything you want, boy.”
Would the content work? Would the program fit? Would everything work it’s way through? How do I let Terry know my gratitude? How would I communicate to Chris and Lisa, Lorelle, Christine, and Wendy, Brogan and Clark, Garrett, Bullock, and Bruzzese, how much I respect and value them?
Anita . . . Value your words, your name, your reputation
Brian . . . Don’t build a blog, build an asset.
you can say anything!”
Lorelle . . . Know who loves you and work for them.
Chrisg . . . Have ideas everywhere and value them.
Dave . . . START selling. You have what I want.
you can be anyone– celebrate boy!”
Chris B . . . Businesses have people inside them.
Liz . . . Frosted Mini-wheats need meaning.
Wendy . . . Who are you not to?
Can you do something out of this world?
I guess you can’t miss, when you put your hands in your head with a guy named Starbucker in the lights of the most beautiful skyline in the world.
After three hugs at the door to my building, I pushed my stuff to the elevator, and I rode up thinking . . .
How will I ever be able to look at the lake without remembering? I still have Christine’s music playing on the recorder in my head. I’m weeks away from knowing what happened . . . at least what happened to me.
“C’mon and Dream and Dream along!”
Wonder whether Christine knows that she’s opening for Supertramp now?
–ME “Liz†Strauss
Work with Liz!!
lyrics: Supertramp
flickr image: bjmccray, with permission
Terry Starbucker says
May 6, 2008 at 11:22 AMWow. I’m so happy to be one of your dream builders. And now I have to pull out my Supertramp albums. And I can’t get my hands out of my head (which is a darn fine thing). May this feeling carry over to everything we do. Or dream about. C’mon Liz, let’s dream some more! 🙂
Much love, always,
Terry
Chris Garrett says
May 6, 2008 at 11:48 AMYou need to do a “music of SOBCon” play list, now I have Christine Kane, Justin Timberlake, New Radicals and Supertramp lining up, I may as well add some more 🙂
I bet if you put out a sign up form for next year you would be inundated with submissions, not only from all the people who loved it but all the people they are out telling and spreading the word too. It’s contagious.
Seems like you did what you set out to and more 🙂
ME Liz Strauss says
May 6, 2008 at 11:57 AMYeah, Terry.
We’ll keep dreaming bigger and better!! We know that the folks who come are ready to rock and roll!
C’mon Terry, let’s make something out of this world!!
Chris Cree says
May 6, 2008 at 12:23 PMDreaming seems to be a theme for me today. Just reviewed the slides I used and the one titled “Hold On To Your Dream” leaped out at me.
That was the one where I pointed out the corrosive thought “I’m not cut out for this” that can creep in and drive us off course.
Thanks for dreaming & for working so hard to bring us bloggers some top quality business information. I wouldn’t have missed it.
ME Liz Strauss says
May 6, 2008 at 12:25 PMHey Chrisg!
That would make a fine playlist. It would be fun to build one!
Thanks for coming over. I think we all won!
ME Liz Strauss says
May 6, 2008 at 12:29 PMHey Chris!
Hold onto your dream and hold onto us. 🙂
Dreams have a way of growing!
Dubber says
May 6, 2008 at 4:01 PMSo, of course, the Dubber brain goes one step beyond on the music front and goes ahead and makes the SOBCompilation.
Shame I didn’t read this post first… I’d have thrown some Supertramp into the mix.
ME Liz Strauss says
May 6, 2008 at 8:01 PMDubber,
What sort of blogger are you?
Admitting you didn’t read someone’s blog . . . too funny.
Most folks can add an mp3 on to they’re ipods. 🙂
You’re wonderful for doing that! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
You’re not a stranger anymore. Haven’t been for a while now!
Easton Ellsworth says
May 7, 2008 at 10:52 AMI love that music is part of this conversation. It shows that we’re feeling things we can’t quite express through the spoken or typed word. That’s why we needed Christine. And the New Radicals. And … Supertramp. Etc.
Thanks Liz for again hitting that nail on the head. Amazing, amazing conference.
Lorelle says
May 7, 2008 at 12:18 PMI am so blessed and honored to have been such a small part of such a powerful conference. We were like magnets. It was totally amazing. The fact that we repeated last year’s event was amazing. The fact that it felt even better and stronger is even more incredible as lightening rarely strikes twice. Here’s to more!
ME Liz Strauss says
May 7, 2008 at 4:40 PMEaston!
I agree about the music. Our layers of connection aren’t just surface. We need more than words and pictures.
ME Liz Strauss says
May 7, 2008 at 4:41 PMHey Lorelle!
You are so much of what helped power it! Thank you for every bit of who you are and everything you did.
You are amazing!