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| Business as NOT USUAL, please! |
As you may know, a
couple weeks ago, I “formally” accepted the position of “Community Manager” of
RetreatNetwork.com. At the time, I
thought it was a DREAM come true! I
would get PAID to do what I LOVE (which is CONNECT, COMMUNICATE, EDUCATE and
EMPOWER people--*especially Lightworkers!) and simultaneously, procure funds
for ME that would enable me to create my OWN Lighthouse!
LightHouse: An
INclusive (opposite of Exclusive—because
exclusivity just perpetuates DUALITY-THINKING and LIVING!), CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY
HOME/WORK/STUDIO/Healing ARTS SANCTUARY and “Living School” for Lightworkers! *preferably on the beach, please!
However, within 4
DAYS of 8+ hours work a day, I REALIZED I was NOT IN-JOYing my experience as
full-time Community Manager (aka, a “REAL JOB”!) Surprise!
Therefore, I used
RADICAL HONESTY and SHARED my TRUE FEELINGS with my new employers (who happen
to be Lightworkers as well!):
“All of a sudden MOST of my time is
“chained” to the computer. All of a
sudden, I have to pay attention to TIME and DATES and OTHER people’s schedules
(which goes against “living in the flow.”) All of a sudden I have to “document”
my correspondence (which has been overwhelming!) and this goes against TRUSTING
the connections that show up for me, and goes against LIVING in the FLOW.
Every day, a dozen new tasks are added to my
“To Do” List—which include activities that are not bringing me joy (such as
data entry, scheduling Skype conference calls, “customer service” type
correspondence, tech support stuff, etc.)
So I have to ask myself, “Kelly, is your
freedom, time and JOY worth more than $2000 a month?!”
The answer is HELL YES! My
freedom, time and JOY-factor are more important than MONEY and the “hope” of
some kind of stability—because, really…nothing is ever really “secure”-- except
for CHANGE—right?!
Yes, of course, I have held this position
many times in the past, for different agencies—and NOW, it is CLEAR to me, that
this kind of “work” no longer feeds my soul.
I prefer having the FREEDOM to FREELY and INTUITIVELY GUIDE
people/groups/businesses, etc. to the RESOURCES they need to accomplish THEIR
DREAMS –which, of course, includes the Retreat Network (as well as
Healersworldwide, Healer Source, Awakening360.com, pretty much everyONE who
comes into my life!) Therefore, I am
going to take a HUGE LEAP of FAITH and LET GO of this generous GIFT you have
given me and TRUST that ALL my needs will be met without sacrificing my time,
freedom and JOY.”
Instead, I proposed the following NEW
BUSINESS MODEL for MYSELF:
As I do with my
Kelly’s Osho Zen Readings, I ASK for a
LOVE-DONATION. GIVE when you can and how
much FEELS right for YOU, out of GRATITUDE for my service.
*NOTE: I never turn anyONE down for lack of funds (because man, I have
BEEN THERE—I KNOW!)
And *IMHO, any so-called HEALER that refuses
to SERVE because the patient does not have enough funds, is no better than our
CURRENT US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM!) I simply “suggest” to those who cannot SHARE
their money with me at this time, to PAY the LOVE FORWARD in some way, when the
opportunity arises. What people DO is their story—not mine!
My NEW BUSINESS MODEL is based on TRUSTING
the UNIVERSAL LAW of CIRCULATION because I have BEEN LIVING IT for the past 2
YEARS!
UNIVERSAL LAW of CIRCULATION: The FLOW of
GIVING and RECEIVING: The
law of circulation states that all things in the universe are always flowing in
circulation but at an ever expanding rate. What you give to one person, you
will receive from a different source. So you don’t have to give with the
expectation of receiving back from the same person you give to, but knowing
that it will definitely come back to you multiplied from other sources. It
works according to the law of cause and effect where the universe always
mirrors back to you whatever you do.
Besides, I would
much rather have people GIVING me MONEY
from their HEART, as a form of their GRATITUDE and APPRECIATION for my
SERVICE, than because of some old business/time/economic-formula contract model
that no longer serves us by STEALING our TIME, FREEDOM and JOY! And IF you have been following you HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW stuff, then you would KNOW that studies CONFIRM that HAPPINESS
and APPRECIATION for ALL STAFF in the workplace are DIRECTLY RELATIVE to the
QUALITY and QUANTITY of WORK PERFORMANCE!
*But don’t listen to ME, do your own business/economics HOMEWORK!
Conclusion: The awesome creators of Retreat Network agreed to let me do what I have been doing since
its conception: Which is FREELY, INTUITIVELY CONNECTING and GUIDING human and
material REOURCES to the people and groups that “show up” for me; communicating and networking with conscious community; educating (FREELY SHARING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE); and ultimately EMPOWERING SELF and OTHERS
without ANY limitations! And in return,
they will give me LOVE-based donations when they FEEL it.
LIVE your BLISS,
Goofy Guru
