This has been a week of new beginnings. From great first meetings around innovation to fabulous first conversations about women making choices in their careers, this has been a time for me to reflect on my personal mission And how it intersects with my business.
My personal mission has been the following:
To bring awareness to the interconnected nature / spirit that resides in all living creatures in order to guide people to end suffering, for both humans and animals alike.
Now it’s time to take this to the next level. Stay tuned!!
I spent some time this week before I presented to a group of women entrepreneurs about this topic and realized that I could dive further into my mission and distill out components that make it more relevant to my work.
I stood in front of this beautiful flock of birds on the Bay and came up with the focus of my meetings.
So, I brought this part of me to both my key meetings this week by starting each with a 2 minute meditation / stillness. In both situations, my audience embraced the opportunity to be present to the stillness prior to diving into work.
Perhaps we don’t take enough of this time for ourselves. I take my meditation practice for granted, having been raised on it, but maybe this is truly something that needs to be brought to the forefront of my work with others, who know me as the scientist, the data lover, the veterinarian. Perhaps showing that you can be productive and intelligent and committed, while being contemplative and present to the stillness, is ok and even necessary.