The Confession: I am blessed to know some of the coolest people alive. (That’s not the confession) However, in place of writing my Connected Communities post yesterday morning, I wallowed in self-doubt and discouragement. (That’s the confession) Stay with me, there’s a point to all this.
In the movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cate Blanchett is hit by a car. The narrator recounts all the mindless actions leading up the the accident. With each event, he explains how a slight alteration would stop the accident from ever happening.
I played the narrator in my own mind. But hindsight is a dangerous thing. It’s very much like a hot tub. If you stay in for too long, you lose the health benefits and have only a sick stomach and headache to show for your effort. I needed to recognize that I’d studied the failure sufficiently and put my energy into creating a solution. It was time for a reminder that I’d been in the hot tub long enough.
(This is where it ties into community. Kinda.)
As many people do when they’re feeling down on themselves, I looked around to see if I could find some inspiration.
I took one glance at Twitter and felt worse.
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