One Year Blog-versary!

"When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount" Dakota tribal saying

Rather ingenious don't you think? Such a no brainer. But the following is the business world's response:

1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.
5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's performance.
10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.
11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.
12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.                                                 unknown

And it seems silly when you're on the outside looking in.  But "they" take this over analysis seriously. And I found myself getting frustrated with this denial mentality. So I walked away...or ran. And thanks to a dear friend I met in a drawing class, I started this blog. With the only expectation being to use it as a journal to vent anything that crossed my mind. I would no longer keep quiet because of protocol or what would people think or political correctness. I was retaliating. Like an unruly child I was having a full blown tantrum.

Little did I know I'd end up with a group of amazing and creative people who selflessly shared their wisdom and humor. I'm not retaliating anymore (well...there are some days). But now I just keep writing whatever crosses my mind. Because if I can make someone stop for a moment to appreciate their uniqueness and be proud of their strength...well then it's all worth it.

Thank you very much for being part of My Quest