The darkness creeping in during the fall tends to slow things down. The dogs were slower this morning on our walk . . . a lot of things to sniff. Plus, when you can't see so far ahead of where you are, I think you tend to take tinier steps in getting to where you aren't.
Yesterday, I took tiny steps at work as I continue to get a sense of what the world of fundraising and communications is in general and specifically at the agency where I am asked to do those things. That world (where I am at least) is a mess. I need to step back and come up with a plan to put things in order. It's all reactionary now . . . no plan . . . just going (rushing) from here to there . . . taking big steps (even in the dark!). That can be dangerous when there are things in the dark that might go bump with you!
So, it's time to destroy the status quo as Dr. Horrible would say, because "the status is not quo." We'll see how my plan to plan goes over. People ("us") don't tend to like changes. And that goes for the institutions we constitute, as well.
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About Me
- Mark Gorman
- I was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, along the banks of the Susquehanna River, in the valley made up by Bald Eagle Mountain to the south, and gentle hills and valleys to the north. That place that sheltered me, gave me food and friends, and both physical and spiritual nourishment for 18 years. That is the space where I was physically and emotionally formed. Ever since growing up there . . . because of growing up there . . . I have been inexorably linked to nature . . . to the earth and to all life.