{"id":1366,"date":"2013-03-17T21:25:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T01:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2013-03-18T08:51:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:51:31","slug":"the-perfect-elevator-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2013\/03\/17\/the-perfect-elevator-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Elevator Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"elevator<\/a><\/p>\n

The art to a perfect elevator pitch is making an impression in thirty seconds or less.\u00a0 Hopefully it\u2019s a good, no a curious, impression in thirty seconds or less.\u00a0 Your ultimate goal is for the person you\u2019re pitching to say\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..tell me more.\u00a0 Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

The question posed is usually; what do you do?<\/p>\n

I write about all things ordinary because I believe that\u2019s where real legacy comes from.\u00a0 No one likes to talk about it but everyone will leave a legacy whether they intend to or not. Why not embrace the ordinary where memories become legend and you become immortal.<\/p>\n

Wait for it\u2026<\/p>\n

Tell me more\u2026.perfect.<\/p>\n

I bet everyone can think of at least three ordinary things, smells, moments, sounds that are directly associated with someone they no longer have in their life.\u00a0 They don\u2019t always have to be positive; no one said everyone would leave behind goodness and light.\u00a0 Not everyone made their way in the world nobly.<\/p>\n

But everyone is making their way in the world.\u00a0 This week proved to me that legacies of all kinds are being forged with and without awareness.\u00a0 My neighbor is fighting for her life in rehab, her family is forming her legacy as we speak but it\u2019s yet to be decided, it\u2019s an ongoing process, one I truly hope is life affirming with an outcome of strength and resilience.<\/p>\n

My mother is rallying in another kind of rehab with literal strength and resilience toward being home for Easter.\u00a0 Her release date is the 25th<\/sup>.\u00a0 She has taken the rehab center by storm with her charming personality; and while they want to see her well, they would love to keep her among them.<\/p>\n

Spending time with friends and colleagues this week has been essential for me. \u00a0I had to dig deep into the past to help someone; I had to go somewhere I hadn\u2019t been in quite some time.\u00a0 Truth be told I was sure I\u2019d never have to go there again but your history sometimes bears repeating for the sake of another poor soul.\u00a0 My problem is the balance of helping and hurting.\u00a0 I learned much about myself this time around and was able to invest only what was necessary to start a process, not so much that I became overwhelmed.\u00a0 I began to go too far but stopped; quite a valuable lesson in boundaries.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m learning to stop more and more.\u00a0 Through my writing I find release and cleansing. I hope others will too.\u00a0 I\u2019m so fortunate to have finally found my creative outlet, one that lends itself to some measure of integrity.\u00a0 But I\u2019ve got to be careful to check my motivation.\u00a0 I\u2019m writing for the love of it, for the love of legacy and for the love of life.\u00a0 Not for the \u201clikes\u201d on Facebook or the site stats that I so often find myself checking.\u00a0 If people read, when people read I will be grateful.<\/p>\n

\"father<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking of grateful, my friend Paul shared the pictures from the annual Father\/Daughter dance today.\u00a0 They are just beautiful and his face truly tells a wonderful story.\u00a0 He is creating the best legacy of all, one year, and dance and picture at a time for his \u201cfather\u2019s daughters\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Although my father and I never danced I am reminded each year, around this time of his death, just how many wonderful moments he left behind.\u00a0 It is a blessing to me to watch another father do the same.<\/p>\n

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Truly, what is ordinary to one may be extraordinary to another, I know like I know.<\/p>\n

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