If the world could be created in 6 days (I don’t believe this, literally; I’m just using it as an example) then surely I can launch my business in that amount of time.
If, in Genesis 1, God went from “darkness hovering” to “it is good,” then surely I can go from “nearly ready” to “let’s get this party started!” (In no way am I saying that I can match God’s creative genius; I’m just using it as an example. But I do think that God partied when all was said and done…)
So, 6 days remaining. Here’s the template:
Day 1: Let there be light. For me, right now, this means that perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel. That my days, weeks, and months of writing web-site copy, figuring out social media, and just convincing myself that I have something meaningful to offer the world might just move from behind-the-scenes to full-of-light reality!
Day 2: Let the waters be separated. There have been many days where I’ve felt like I’m drowning; where I haven’t been able to tell up from down. It’s a lot of work to launch something – kind of like child birth only without the certainty of a baby when the labor is over. But now, in the final stages of pushing, and…if it’s not stretching the metaphor too far…with my water breaking…life will come forth. I can feel it!
Day 3: Let dry land appear. So, a line on the horizon. A line in the sand. I stake in the ground. Me: declaring that this is who I am, what I want to do, what I can do, what I have to offer.
Day 4: Let there be days and nights. Days and nights tend to run together. Between Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Biznik, blogging, and website development, I feel like I’m working, communicating, tweaking, and planning 24/7. Days and nights. Clarity and order. To-do’s and “all done’s.”
Day 5: Let there be animals of land, sea, and sky. It’s one thing for me to work away in isolation – dreaming, scheming, planning, building. It’s quite another to let that world (much of which has been living in my head and heart) be inhabited by others. It’s a bit undaunting to let myself (yes…this launching is really about launching me) be seen, noticed, and named. But I’m ready.
Day 6: Let us make humankind in our own image. I am a reflection of the divine. Therefore, it stands to reason that what I create, in and of itself, reflects the divine, as well. Why would I hesitate? Why would I wonder? Why would I doubt? It is good. It is good. IT IS ALL GOOD!!!
And Day 7? REST!!! Or better yet, more business than I know what to do with!
