Sometimes you and I fail to realize the weight of words. They come out and we forget to follow the ripples of cause and effect. Sometimes we do in the form of anger, hatred and malice. Sometimes in the form of a compliment, praise and a smile. In PR, I am responsible for measuring ROI for my clients and their footprints. We fail to do so in the verbal form unless we are measuring broadcast hits, but track the written word well.
Well, as these words came out of me I didn’t think twice about them…
After running my hands in the reflection of those words, I realize I can say that because it’s the story of my life. Some days it feels like I’ve become detached from the sentiment, but I look around and see that I am and you are — in it. You have to reconnect and recharge. Looking in the mirror, that’s not the story of one’s life, it’s the transition into the next chapter and it reminds me that the story is ongoing.
This is a chapter of my life.
You should really know Meggie, she radiates a brilliance around her and is a contributing editor to QuarterLife Magazine.
A couple of weeks ago, @JennieBinSC intereviewed me and three others for a blog post to be published on February 4th at The Sassy, Steel Magnolia. Among our group were Kristin Bostic, Financial Management Group; Shauna Heathman, Mackenzie Image Consulting; Kelley Glenn, Coldwell Banker.
She identified us, in her eyes, as women-on-the-verge, career-driven, in-charge of our burgeoning growth, and under 30. I struggled to prepare answers to some of her questions. Some days I feel like I don’t fit that description. Granted, I have very firm views, but what would I hope to impart on someone in college. That I didn’t know at the time, until today.
Ever since I was 7, and I got my first American Girl doll and books, I wanted to emulate Samantha. One thing I will always remember is this phrase, “Action Speak Louder Than Words”. Then, these words formed together in my head and tickled out from under my finger tips…
If there are lessons to be learned:
resilience is a challenge;
humility, the largest pill to swallow
and grace is a gift.
Sometimes you have those days. You know, the wee-bit of worry that gets out of hand. In the hustle and bustle you get caught up in-between-the-lines, on the lines, and in the margins. We do it with work, our friendships, our families, our calendar…
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Today was one of those days that was loud. It wasn’t loud around me, it was loud inside of me. I let my list start talking to me over and over again. Thank goodness Kelly Cutrone was tweeting about her new book, “If You Have To Cry, Go Outside!”. I’m sure for those who are familiar with Kelly Cutrone, friendly may not be the first word that comes to mind, but I LOVE HER!
She is definitely a strong woman with an inner voice. Amidst the very loud + fast-paced fashion PR enigma that People’s Revolution has become, Cutrone single-handedly gave me the slap across the face that I needed. After reading excerpts from her book, I was rejuvenated to keep the faith*.
Here are the high points that I have gathered:
“Gather your courage like an armful of free clothes at a McQueen sample sale & follow your inner voice where ever it takes you.”
“Sometimes, if not most times, you find out who you are by figuring out who & what you are not.”
“If this book inspires you to do one thing, I hope it’s to take years when you’re young and go balls out on tuition…”
Today, as a Gen-Y entrepreneur, I lost my inner voice. But then I found someone else’s voice, it is my friend Miah who is out-of-town, IN MOROCCO, and he said this to me. Mmmyea, I’m going to make you click that link over there to see what he said, however, it did remind me that I was on a journey or quest, as he put it. I am traveling with an intuition visa in the entrepreneurial badlands and my inner voice as the travel agent.
So, I stepped out of range from the loud within to pen this postcard from my journey.
The island of Kaua'i in '08.
Aloha from 2008. Your days of chasing the sun are numbered.
Princeville on the North Shore
Let the sun find you. Set your own orbit,
pursue your own path. Quiet the noise and listen to you.
*One time in DC, my friend and I were on the metro and the engineer overshot the track. To diffuse the panic he talked to us and said things like, “keep the faith.”
