I just finished the first round of edits of our latest forthcoming publication. It is our next booklet tentatively titled A Journey Continued. It is the compilation of many of our blogs from this year. As I read the manuscript I was surprised by the quantity of all we have written. The blog writings were like old memories to me, reminding me of the season, my life and thoughts in the moment, the book I was reading or didn’t quite finish. The year washed over me as I reviewed all we had done. As Jen, Shea and I tip toe through the blogging process, many marketing experts might say we aren’t doing it correctly, experimenting with revealing ourselves and exploring new ideas and thoughts, a discourse seems to be emerging, a context is being created inside the investigation of our lives and our moments.

As we head toward the end of 2010, completion is on our mind. Today I took an unintended first step by looking at our collective thinking. All I did was see what is. When I look at what is, is it ok to be proud? Is it ok to pat our collective selves on the back and acknowledge forward motion and evolution? Can I say 74 pages of blogs published in booklet form are enough? Am I complete with our writing, our thoughts, our joint creations? Is there anything more for me to say about our writing? I need to confess that even in the writing of the word enough, I find myself thinking of the online course not completed, two workbooks close but so far from publication and my own lack of writing for almost two months and I find myself almost ashamed by my focus on what I haven’t done.

In the advertisement of our own salon call for December 8th there is a quote from my own mouth “forgiveness resides inside completion.” Maybe for today all completion means is to forgive myself for what I have yet to accomplish and honor all I am and all that I have done.