November 21st, 2017
go forth, first, with compassion
“Welcome to the terror zone, *%$!”
—Jeff, 11/21/17
So I am only writing this post A, so you don’t think after the flurry of activity in August this blog died but B, because that quote from Jeff was so hilarious. ALSO I should go to bed and re-install car seats (long story) but omg drinking wine and eating popcorn (POPCORN!) and writing a blog post sound so much more appealing.
Also the title of this post is meant for a different post that I wrote in my head back in October but never put to paper/page. But it’s still an important part of what this year turned out to be. Not ‘lead with compassion’ in terms of ‘be a leader who has compassion’ but, ‘go forth, first, with compassion’. This whole nonwritten entry occurred to me in a particularly intense work meeting when a particularly beloved but also somewhat new coworker of mine shed a tear. She is a gem. And she showed, and reminded me, that we should all lead with compassion—go forth, first, with compassion.
OK WHAT ELSE? It’s almost Thanksgiving. I love my work friends (not my work foe) and my other rest-of-life friends. I love my family and also good health. And also cheese/caramel popcorn. OK. Carseat time.