Lessons we learn.

In "another life," I gave 13 years of my life to a home grown import business and arts and crafts gallery. We on awards. We were featured as a "top 50 small retailer" in the US. We did things normally reserved for large deparment store chains... and beat their arses at it.

But you're right, there's only so much in our tanks. And I paused ask who exactly I was trying to impress? For whose benefit was all this work? My average work week was about 66 hours. For what?

Be proud of what you built! You accomplished something others could not. You made a difference; a mark; an impression. We both did, in our separate corners of the world.

Celebrate the accomplishment, but don't dwell on the "what ifs."

Just rambling...

We each learn our lesson. Mine was that the relentless pursuit of success wasn't my dream, it was a reflection of other people's expectations for me. "You have so much potential! Youll change the world!"

What if the "change" I want to make in the world involves kindness and compassion, rather than a bottom line?

xo