A New Year of story

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!! And I do wish you happiness and peace and joy  and whatever it is that makes life worthwhile for you. Because we will need it! Because while resolutions and positive thinking are fabulous, you and I both know that there will be breakages, down times, sometimes ugly times, and then, we will need all the happiness, peace and joy we can get. There is, however, an upside of all of this and my message to you today, at this time of year is a reminder that ….

We’ve all been through it, in one way or another…

breaking and growing stronger,
not by choice, usually.
 But when we share the story of that descent into broken-ness

and the rise out of it to become strong and whole,

whatever that means to us,

 it creates connections,

friendships,

maybe even a tribe,

with those who are breaking,

and those who have rebuilt.  

and it’s made so much more powerful

by the fact that

while we all break and rebuild, grow stronger,

each of us, you, me, we,

has our own unique way of breaking and recovering

unique. 

Of course that is part of the story you tell.

Your own story.

There’s a trendy word for it ..

“authentic”

which in ordinary language basically just means telling the truth!

Tell that truth, though, and you pave the way for connections that gives you leadership status and multiplied credibility and influence.

Just telling your unique lived experience   …  your story … being you.

This is our year, my friends

our year

to own our stories

to grow,

to share those stories

to prosper

to live stories worth the telling

and to make if only our own part of the world

the best it can be.

Let’s DO this

together!

Together.

Because when we are in the pits,

down,

learning the hard way,

those are the times to do two things

…  look towards the growth, the up times,

and the beauty (even if it’s only the next door garden’s geraniums!!) 

and

…. remember those connections, that tribe? 

It’s not just you telling them stories,

they are also telling theirs and

I know that in the hard times, the lost times, the despair time

if I turn to them and listen

I will, you will, find that connection,

see yourself in their stories

along with the ideas and models

that will allow you to access the inner wisdem

for re-writing your own story

… from them.

So yes

Let’s do this

TOGETHER!