It’s been a bit over a month and I’ve been busy, and… kinda processing my place in my work… in relation to what is currently the present societal situation.

I love my work. I’ve loved this work more than my 28-year career in media.

This past week, I was at a work conference. While taking a class toward a certification, I had a moment of clarity. And of purpose.

The class was about resilience and leadership and was very interactive. During a breakout group we were asked to discuss our most profound “mountaintop moment” and what it meant to each of us.

In the course of the conversation, I came to realize that everything I did in the previous career, the skills I learned, and all the rest, has led me to be doing the work I do, in this intense, heavily scrutinized, and contentious time.

It is maybe the first time in my (almost) 55 years that I have ever felt like my work IS my true life’s calling.

I’m feeling blessed to be part of a community of professionals with an incredible determination and sense of purpose, in spite of, or, maybe because of the challenges we face as a profession, and as a society, and as a nation.

What a great recharge of my focus and energy!