....Little me! Fancy that! Woo hoo! Today, I agreed to be a SPONSOR for Zaadz... at least a little bit... as much as I'm able to at this point. I've been really grateful to Zaadz for giving me such a positive and supportive place to think about things with a larger scope. So, this is a substantial (money where my mouth is) way to say THANK YOU to all my friends here. There are so many cheerful and wonderful posts in the last year that have given me reason to be optimistic! Many of your ideas and discussions have prompted genuine reflection. Your gentle support of one another is like a refreshing cool water spring that I dip into whenever I feel parched and fried. Hmmm. That makes it sound like Zaadzsters could be bottled and refrigerated with a picture of a Moose on the label. Uh... maybe not... but it is definitely been a restorative experience for me personally. So, in a spirit of gratitude and abundance, I also want to do at least a little bit to help Zaadz to prosper and grow. I believe in their vision where we can all lift each other up and support one another including a conscious entrepreneurial way. I'm truly excited to see our little "Life Balance" square of 125 pixels by 125 pixels make its Zaadzy debut soon! This will give folks an opportunity to check out what we're doing to give you a really powerful software tool you definitely need if you are intent on changing the world. :-) Oooo, I'm so excited about this. I hope that my fellow Zaadzsters here will see our little box of pixelated entrepreneurial hope and feel the strong tug of a mysterious magnetic attraction drawing their mouse hand to the right where they just feel inspired to... CLICK on it! May all be auspicious! Let's ALL put the best of ourselves "out there." Why not trust that it will come back to us many times over?

There are several songs that Mary Chapin Carpenter sings that we hold dear as personal anthems for our work developing Life Balance, which takes a certain sing it out loud attitude. So, it surprised me to hear that Mary Chapin Carpenter survived a pulmonary embolism recently. This especially because I've seen it happen and I know how harrowing that is. I want to share with all of you out there her essay which I heard this morning, titled "The Learning Curve of Gratitude" featured on NPR's series "This I believe" that she wrote about that experience. We all have times when we need to hold our ground against a tide of difficulty, cynicism, discouragement, malaise, fatigue or doubt. A simple suggestion at the grocery store to "enjoy the rest of your day" helped Mary Chapin Carpenter after her life threatening illness. It goes to show that no matter where you are, or what you do, it helps to find the courage to speak earnestly and with simple kindness. And that no matter where you are, or what you face, or how "famous" you might be. You can find the strength to hold on, in the kindness of others. We all do better when we show respect for the balance in both halves to the equation of "me" and "you." It isn't all that difficult, (mostly it is pretty easy really) and yet it makes more difference than you might ever know. Enjoy the rest of your day too.

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