Finding the right words

I tried blogging a few years ago. Just a couple of postings and now I can't even remember what they were about. At that time I was experimenting, but with nothing particular in mind.

Do I have anything particular in mind now? Well, yes, a few things. I feel I now have a greater sense of personal purpose and a more irreverant way of considering some aspects of life. And I've been stimulated by the thoughts, guidance and words of others. Most recently this was from a day spent with a group of bright, open and sharing people as we sat round a table at Alchemy Road, which as I write it makes it sound like it could be from one of the Harry Potter books. And there was a bit of magic in the air. Guided by Euan Semple (www.euansemple.com) we explored the worlds of social media; blogging, Twitter, forums, wikis and so on. There's my stimulus. And that's what prompted me to find the right words, those being 'At the living edge'.

The notion of being at the living edge has been running around my head for the past couple of years. Until around 12 months ago I was a corporate person in a BIG corporation. When I joined the big corporation a sense of possibility ran through the place and this excited me and made the rest of the nonsense that comes with corporate life bearable to me. But shift happens. A change in CEO brought greater process control and apparent order, all of which was stifling to me. I found myself 'at the dead centre', which could be interpreted in two ways I guess. My interpretation focused on the 'dead' bit and I found myself longing for the living edge. So here I am now; at my living edge, a place of newness, possibility, options and excitement. I know that it's not a place for everybody, but I also know that right now it's the place for me.

Thanks to all of those who have helped me in my recent journey to the living edge - and that thanks also goes to those in the dead centre, without whom I may not have moved.