{"id":403,"date":"2014-06-13T15:03:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T19:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallybsedgwick.com\/conversation\/?p=403"},"modified":"2014-06-13T15:03:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T19:03:57","slug":"why-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/why-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Why, again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Two weeks ago, when the website suddenly seemed to disappear, this was shared on the Facebook page. And a beautiful new website should be available in another week!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">__________________________________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sallybsedgwick.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2040.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/why-again\/img_2040\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2040.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1401201372&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2040\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2040.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2040.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-405 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sallybsedgwick.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2040-1024x768.jpg?resize=562%2C424\" alt=\"Box of Spirit Moxie business cards\" width=\"562\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2040.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2040.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=562%2C424 1124w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2040.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=562%2C424 1686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo what are you trying to do? I\u2019ve read your stuff, but\u2026.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For the past few weeks you haven\u2019t heard much from me. We\u2019ve been developing the new logo. I have fabulous new business cards. The website is being redesigned (which is why it\u2019s down). A brochure about some new workshops is being developed, but slowly. Somehow a Spirit Moxie t-shirt arrived in my mail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Spirit Moxie began with a simple premise: what we do, what you do, affects the world. And if we do enough positive things together, the world can change for the better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are a few other assumptions. One is that the world is already a pretty amazing place. The second is that you\u2019re pretty amazing, too. (If your immediate response to this is, \u201cyeah, right\u201d remember I didn\u2019t ask. I told you this is true. So just shrug and keep reading.) Some of the things we do to change the world also changes us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Along with these assumptions are some things I\u2019ve learned. For instance, chaos can be positive. Being open to this concept distorts and truncates time and reveals hope. I\u2019ve also learned that change probably won\u2019t look like you or I thought it would. Another assumption is that a person needs to do only what they are supposed to do right now. You aren\u2019t going to change the world through massive effort. But the world will change if you do what is given to you to do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For example, right now all I\u2019m supposed to be doing is writing and drinking coffee at a classic breakfast place downtown. Not the laundry. Not discussing and solving some political problem. Not worrying about kids or money or my health. All those subjects will probably have their time when they become the priority (especially the laundry). But now? Drink coffee. And write.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But why? Well, creating Spirit Moxie felt and still feels like something that\u2019s supposed to be. It was created as a place to have this conversation on the little things that can change the world and how that might indeed happen. It is designed to highlight and\u00a0 celebrate those little things and so change the world, and probably ourselves as well. And Spirit Moxie is growing and continuing so we can do this together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chaos needs us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Questions? (and &#8220;see&#8221; you soon!)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago, when the website suddenly seemed to disappear, this was shared on the Facebook page. And a beautiful new website should be available in another week! __________________________________________ \u201cSo what are you trying to do? 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