Living vs. Existing

Last night I attended a very spiritual class about our souls. The subject of existing vs. living came up, as we discussed that each soul has a purpose or mission in this world. That concept of "existing" was gnawing at me...I had just seen something else that mentioned that term. It came to me while walking the dog this morning. (Btw, dog walking has replaced showering as the source of my "aha" moments.) I had seen a blurb by Tim Adams of www.handmadeology.com on Facebook advetising a new app for etsy shop owners called Handmade Compete. The tag line was "don't just exist....compete". Well, I'm not sure I would have chosen the word "compete" because that implies that it's you vs. someone else. I think we can each succeed without it being to someone else's detriment.

But this did get me thinking. Just as I have a mission and purpose in my personal life to (in my own small way) do good, help others, bring light where there is darkness, so too should Bloomin' Lumen have a mission. Now, I did create a business plan that started out with a mission statement. But it occurs to me that I was focusing on writing a business-oriented mission statement, composed mostly of business type jargon. What if Bloomin' Lumen had another mission statement that was more about literally "bringing light where there is darkness"?

I decided my new mission for Bloomin' Lumen would be to uplift people with good, colorful, fun design, to not take life or themselves too seriously, to add a little whimsy to their lives. To add light even to life's faintest shadows.

Shine on!