Our panel of people: a doctor, two pharmacists who left medicine for true health and wellness, a nurse, an exercise professional (and others whose professional history I missed due to my brain thinking about the first few introductions) … they were profound — in more ways than I can capture and share.
They all started on a journey to inspire healthier living for different reasons: maybe they were making boatloads of money ($300K in education and three times that in annual income) but weren’t fulfilled, some couldn’t put food on the table or presents under the tree, others LITERALLY could NOT get out of bed due to illness, and yet others wanted a different life altogether. Their reasons, their pains, their visions that brought them to this stage were different, yet their mission — the same.
I could write a book with the content from the past few hours. There. Is. So. Much. So much inspiration, so much insight, so much to learn, so much to teach, so much to do, so much to have, so much to dream about, so much of life to live, so much love to feel. Complete abundance. Pure, healthy, I-can’t-get-enough kind of abundance.
I sat there listening to mentors, scribbling until my hand cramped, shaking my head in agreement, wishing everyone I know and love was by my side. I thought, “These people on stage blazed the trail. They paved the way. They learned and shared. They did the hard work.”
When the night was coming to a close, a member of our company sparked a conversation with me. He works on what I call the “operations" side of things. I can’t do what I do, if he doesn’t do what he does. In most corporate cultures, he would be a head-honcho type. As we departed he said, “Thank you for doing the hard work. We wouldn’t have a company without people like you. You keep people employed and create jobs because you grow your business. Thank you for doing the hard work.”
It’s funny the lenses in which we view life. We think someone has it easy. Someone has it hard. Someone seems lost. Someone seems to have it all together or simply have it all. Life and people aren’t always what they seem from the lenses we ourselves wear. We all are doing the hard work of life. And, we are doing a d**n good job.
