Hi Friend
I’ve been looking forward to sitting down and writing you. So much has transpired this week, I’m curious to see what will pop out of my soul. My son’s 14 day quarantine ended with no symptoms. My daughter’s school officially concluded and their current grades are their final grades, kicking off summer! She’s baked almost every day. I’ve run almost every day. We had a random massive hail storm.
I’ve worked harder this week than I have in a while. Having three virtual encounters a week, attempting to stay connected to people I know and visible to people I don’t, takes quite a bit of effort. We actually are updating the new website with a page about our virtual offerings, which required me to shoot nine more videos!
The mantra Sarah and I have embraced for Hawks Agency is: Stay Visible and Serve. Like other small businesses it’s taking a lot of imagination, initiative and intention, with no guarantee of results. Results for us being: lifting peoples lives and benefitting them in some way during this extraordinary season.
It certainly becomes evident, not just in our business, but in all businesses how aligned we are to truly be of service (or not).
Serving people is an act of faith!
Trusting that our endeavors will be received and cause impact – thus becoming “valuable” to the recipient, is the goal. In my world, everything I read, hear and see is that we’re supposed to be “adding value”. I’ve gotten a crap-ton of emails from companies and individuals these past few weeks under that guise but they’ve mostly been self-serving and useless. What is the opposite of adding value? Devaluing? That’s what it appears to me they’re doing.
I’m all for offering services that cost money. Half of our new virtual offerings come with a fee. I think it’s a feeling of insincerity in how they’re positioning their services that strike me as off-putting. Can we be sincere in offering to assist and also charge? Certainly.
I may be overly critical because of the volume of such offers. I suspect my antennas are more sensitive because I’m attempting to find an appropriate balance to such things myself. Isn’t it easier to judge someone else’s endeavors less favorably anyhow, right?
We are emotionally stimulated way beyond capacity.
Even if we’re relationally smart, have a high EQ and practice some model of accessing peace, our minds are exploding daily. Words are catalyst containers. Written or spoken, as we’re inundated with information, opinions and data, our soul exhausts. Which ironically heightens our senses. We describe it as being “overly sensitive”.
Combine that with restricted mobility. Add a dash of strained sleep. Also a bit too much of people-proximity. Oh plus anxiety about finances and the future. We quickly end up beyond ourselves.
Soul Meds
Communicate
Rejuvenate
Accelerate
Believe
Communicate. Essential for our survival is interaction. We must intentionally connect. Listen and share. Listen and share. Listen and share. Daily.
Rejuvenate. Getting alone time feels like THEE solution. However, simple isolation and mindless escapes on their own, don’t restore. Activities like reading, creating, writing, exercising, imagining, building, playing and dreaming possess healing powers.
Accelerate. The videos of the Italians singing from their balconies was an accelerant for joy. In the midst of darkness incorporating burst of light expedites security. Laughter, contribution, delight, sense of community, generosity, enjoyment lead to peaceful satisfaction.
Believe. The fight for hope is not an easy battle. Particularly when the facts and encounters support otherwise. The overwhelming loss most are experiencing is beyond comprehension. The powerlessness that occurs when everything is outside of our control, traumatizes. Yet settling on believing for better isn’t simply naive, optimistic or ignorant. Depending on where we place that belief, it has the ability to revive power in our being.
Having clarity about our resources is essential!
Source and Outsource:
Boundaries – How much news? How much mindless activity? How much food? How much time alone?
Who – Daily interaction? Be transparent with? Check-in on? Lifts you, lowers you?
Inputs – Read, watch, listen. Critical we’re intentional. Too much accidental exposure.
Rest – Commit to it, guard it, make it happen consistently.
Instigating Ideas:
- Schedule weekly connections with different people.
- Daily reach out to someone.
- Verbalize your self awareness about your own frazzledness and sensitivity.
- Daily rejuvenate. (Would love to hear how you do this.)
- Articulate hopefulness to someone.
- Journal your thoughts.
The scariness of the present cannot overcome the possibility of the future.
I’m daring you to take your soul medicine this week. I would love to hear how you do it and what it produces? Please Share
Last week, this email program had a glitch with Gmail. If you didn’t receive it, please check your spam. Sorry.
Below are our free daily virtual offerings. The website link isn’t live today but will be this week. Of all people, I would love for you, who read my weekly ramblings, to stop by and chat in person, via video. Tuesday-Friday no RSVP required. For Monday you can schedule a 30-minute conversation here.
For the other days go to these websites to enter the Zoom Room.
Tuesday: www.WFHbizdev.com (hosted by Sarah)
Wednesday: www.WFHhuddle.com
Thursday: www.WFHmtgpro.com (hosted by Sarah)
Friday: www.WFHhello.com
