Living in the OVERFLOW means saying YES! -- if four needs are met
Tulips: the promise that spring really will come; one day... The other day, I was described by a friend as “a woman of a certain age with nothing to prove who wants to get sh*t done”. I like this description, because it’s true: Last month, I reached official senior citizenship — no denying the ‘of a certain age’ stage. And it’s accurate: There is so much I want to be doing and time is roaring down the road ahead of me, it can be hard to keep up never mind stay on top of things. For both these reasons, I say YES! to a variety of things these days, but each commitment must meet four criteria: CONNECTION : I want to spend my time with people who share my values and are engaged in meaningful work of some kind in some way to make our corner of the world a better place for all COMMUNITY : I treasure my solitude, but I revel in collective work that moves a vision forward CREATIVITY : Imagination combined with energy and delight in using our own selves to make something happen is a pretty goo...