Un-Social Butterflies
"A stranger is a friend I haven't meet yet" - Will Rodgers
I love my job. I work for a inspirational women's conference called Women of Faith. We are the nation's largest woman's conference and typically host about 30 conferences a year all over the country in areas. Each conference averages about 15,000 attendees and I get to travel to most of them. And I get to spend a good portion of my life in a sea of strangers.
Now, you would think that since my job is public relations for the event that I would be a social butterfly. Just think of your typical image of a publicist. Slick, prepared, always smiling, and networked in with famous people. By looking at the quote above, it's a good bet that Will Rodgers could have been the founding member of the PoweR Girls team on MTV if he was around to endure this era. I have to admit I want to be the opposite of that.
According to Rodgers, there are tons of friends out there to be made. The guy next to me on the plane, the woman that I met at a conference, and the list goes on. I don't want to have a 1000 friends and to know the people "in the know". I want to invest my time in a very few friends and family.
Why do we move far across the country from our family and not give it a second thought? Why do we make a new sets of friends every time we change jobs or move? Why can't we as a society (or me) spend more time investing in a few great relationships and family?
We get so busy with our lives that we forget what is really important. My boyfriend has had the same friends since high school. I often tease him about it, but he might have something.
My theory might have a touch of anti-socialism but if that is wrong, I don't wanna be right. :) So, I dedicate this day to knowing what my two sister's favorite colors are, taking my Mom for a leisurely lunch, and other such activities that will make me an un-social butterfly.
I love my job. I work for a inspirational women's conference called Women of Faith. We are the nation's largest woman's conference and typically host about 30 conferences a year all over the country in areas. Each conference averages about 15,000 attendees and I get to travel to most of them. And I get to spend a good portion of my life in a sea of strangers.
Now, you would think that since my job is public relations for the event that I would be a social butterfly. Just think of your typical image of a publicist. Slick, prepared, always smiling, and networked in with famous people. By looking at the quote above, it's a good bet that Will Rodgers could have been the founding member of the PoweR Girls team on MTV if he was around to endure this era. I have to admit I want to be the opposite of that.
According to Rodgers, there are tons of friends out there to be made. The guy next to me on the plane, the woman that I met at a conference, and the list goes on. I don't want to have a 1000 friends and to know the people "in the know". I want to invest my time in a very few friends and family.
Why do we move far across the country from our family and not give it a second thought? Why do we make a new sets of friends every time we change jobs or move? Why can't we as a society (or me) spend more time investing in a few great relationships and family?
We get so busy with our lives that we forget what is really important. My boyfriend has had the same friends since high school. I often tease him about it, but he might have something.
My theory might have a touch of anti-socialism but if that is wrong, I don't wanna be right. :) So, I dedicate this day to knowing what my two sister's favorite colors are, taking my Mom for a leisurely lunch, and other such activities that will make me an un-social butterfly.
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