Your Destiny and Mine – A Work in Progress

Hi, 

I hope you are having a wonderful day, and that the summer has been good to you thus far.

As we are now well into the sun’s transition through the house of Cancer, I want to take a moment to wish a great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all my affectionate Cancers out there.    Much love to ya.  May today see you comfortably settled in peace and warmth, surrounded by loved ones who appreciate you.

I realize it has been a long time since my last post.  For this, I do apologize.  It’s not the first time, and somehow I’m guessing it may not be the last.  My blog posts are dated, and my MyBlogLog “New With Me” may look like a ghost town these days.  This “launch” is taking longer than I had hoped, and I will go into more detail about this below.  I’ve been working busily, but I pulled myself out of my cave to make sure you still know that “YES, we are still doing this.”

A Work in Progress

As you may have heard me say before, things seem to take me a while to finish.  While some people can bang out a letter, essay or article in no time, it can take me hours to produce a finished product.  It was like that when I was in school as well.  Other kids would finish their homework in no time and be out playing in the street.  I, on the other hand, was often back at my desk after dinnertime (and we ate dinner pretty late).

I couldn’t understand it. It seemed so unfair.  I wanted to have fun too.  I’d wonder to myself, “Do they not have homework?  Is it simply that their parents do not insist on excellence and make them apply themselves?  Do they not take pride in their work?  Or am I just slow??”  (On the one hand, I felt pretty smart and some things came to me very quickly, but on the other, it was really hard to focus and concentrate.  I suppose my natal Saturn in Gemini might help explain it.)

Yet I was one of the youngest in my class, and in all the top classes and programs with good grades.  Somehow I managed to excel.    Fortunately, my mother gave me a good start helping me with my homework, and my father did with my science projects.

One thing’s for sure, though.  It was work.  As a result, I tend to put a lot of effort into my projects… and especially those that mean something to me.  This community is one of those efforts. It is my primary motivation in life these days.  It is also a huge undertaking for me (and somewhat overwhelming if the truth be told).

A Community of Destiny

To me, this is about way more than just a handful of blogs to express myself.  (Actually, if I didn’t feel a greater sense of purpose with these blogs, I wouldn’t even consider blogging.)  Yes, the blogs are there, but they are simply a medium.  The intent is for the blogs to be part of a community movement. In order to do this, we need to do our best to meet needs of the community at large while also gathering together in our own little community of people with a common vision.

Evolution and Expansion

Well, with all the time that has passed, I wanted to write to you and explain the silence.

I started with a goal to make this Boundless Abundance Lifestyles community helpful to the lives of the greatest number of people possible.  The vision is still taking shape.  It has been evolving and expanding.  The business model has required a lot of thought, working and reworking.  The logistics have been changing.  New dynamics and elements are being introduced and considered.  The behind-the-scenes framework is being revamped.  These are all critical processes if we are even to hope to reach and accommodate masses in a community fashion.  There have been many considerations to take into account to make it both profitable for you and sustainable for me in these challenging times.

As every business professional knows, there are many systems and procedures to be implemented – from legal to accounting to IT to web design, coding and scripts to ecommerce, fulfillment and referral programs to marketing to customer support and communications… and in this case, also community networking.  Getting all to work together seamlessly and efficiently is a serious task – one that must be firmly founded if we want to secure the project’s future for the good of all.

Keeping the Faith

While nothing would make me happier than to tell you I’m close to the end, the truth is we’ve still got a ways to go.  It is multi-faceted and as I don’t have an entire professional team, proper implementation will take some time.  But I am on it, doing my best, making progress, and determined that we will make something useful out of all of this.  I appreciate your patience.

Please keep believing in me.  I could use your faith and positive energy.

… oh, and have a great day. 

You are valued.  Thank you for being here.

SpiritFREE1^SM