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Before I begin, a bit of context, I am taking a sick day today.  I am fairly certain this is the early onset of spring allergies or hay fever.  It might be the fact that salvage crews are working at the old car dealership near my house (where is Erin Brockovich when you need her?  Seriously, there has to be some nasty shit floating around in the air now.)  Or maybe it is a necessary break in advance of the approaching spring.

We haven't had much of a winter, by our standards, so far.  Like most of the nation and the world, it has been mild and/or odd.   A day of bone chilling cold, a half of foot of snow the next day, spring the next, and 3 inches of ice the day after that--pretty much sums it  up.  Heating bills are lower and our snow plow guys are lucky they have started other year round ventures to keep them employed since the plows aren't out.  Groundhog or not, we all know, we are not in the clear winter wise until April 1st at the earliest, May 1st is more accurate, most years.  Our seasonal tease has begun early this year leading to colds, flu, desperate searches for a cheap tropical vacation, and sick days.

A year ago, I was debating the benefits of orthopedic botox treatments.  The now or never reality spurred me to action, action that has been life altering.  Actually, life restoring, if I am being honest.  It turned everything inside me, outside, and there has been no turning back.   I had no idea that was only the start of a year I couldn't imagine if I tried.

The restoration of faith in myself, in my abilities balanced by the reality of the necessary 'comeback' to the outside world.  Watching my father become a grandfather in every sense of the word, then lose him suddenly a few months later.  Being thankful for an amount of emotional and physical stability I've never known as some of my dearest friends struggle with loss of ones they love.  And, somewhere, in the mix, the most unexpected thing of all: meeting someone who has changed my life in just a few months with a laugh, a smile and a semicolon.

Spring is not an easy season, days of blazing bright sunshine, flip flops, t-shirts and windows open, will be balanced by a few days of snow, ice, cold rain and bad moods.  I'm aware that personal spring is like that too: for every day of bright, there will be some dark, some cold, but, sooner than later, the sun will shine for two days instead of one, and on it will go from there.

Until then there are sick days and semicolons.

The new year is underway.  Just a short post to let you know I am still alive out here, and much is ahead in the new year.  On we go, stay tuned!

Most people wait until New Years to reflect on life, I always say it is good to avoid the rush, start early.  So with 332 days past, 033 days left to go in 2011, I am thinking about life in just 2 minutes.

Over the weekend, a friend of mine posted a video from Australia.  It promotes the marriage equality movement there, and ultimately, around the world.   Beyond the movement it promotes, it is an amazing video to watch.  Great film making, storytelling, in less than 2 minutes.

It moved me on several levels.  It captures moments in love, life and death, from the observers point of view.  Things seen directly, indirectly and in passing, as life moves forward.

If you had 2 minutes to make a film about your life, from an observers point of view, what would those images be?

Think about it, make that film in your mind, realize how fast life moves, realize that the most important things we observe, the things that make us who we are happen in our lives, at home, in our hearts.  Be mindful of the big picture and keep things that belong there, there.  Then make the movie based on the small pictures you have observed, use those to tell the story, and be thankful.

I created a blog spot video for my Orthopedic Botox Treatment Video series 1 back in September.  I am linking it here so that all the multimedia content I am doing is one spot.  In the new year, I will be upgrading this Podbean site to include audio, video as well as text posts.

I've been away from the podcast/blogosphere for awhile.  I am working on an equipment upgrade to bring you the most professional audio and video content possible. While the equipment is still pending the reality is, content must go on.

I feel like what the media industry and our country need right now is someone to listen and then say "and what are you prepared to do about it?"   I stole that line from Sean Connery in the movie "The Untouchables".

Everything from choosing a profession to opening a business to running for local political office began with some variation of that central, simple question.   When someone says "you know what this town needs?" or "That law really needs to be changed", is the question, taking action yourself is the answer.

I want ask people every day "what are you prepared to do about it?" hoping their answer provides all of us with new information, new options, new solutions and a sense of motivation to take action in our own lives.

Seems simple enough to me, how about you?