Before Activerain and NOW.....A Walk Down Memory Lane
What can I say about life BEFORE Activerain? There have been so many profound changes since I began my journey here and so many stories I could speak of.
Of course Activerain and blogging have had a huge impact on business and that's wonderful. Still, when I think of this new site I stumbled across in 2006, it was just a SITE I was signing on to; at least, that's what I THOUGHT.
I'd been writing articles on the advice of my webmaster. Some of them, actually, weren't all that bad. Sitting at the computer for long hours with no interaction, though, can become almost tedious. There were days I'd have to force myself to write and it wasn't FUN.
A Google Alert brought me to Activerain. I would normally sign up to sites that were free and allowed me to leave a profile. When I first began to write on Activerain, I automatically assumed people knew what Feng Shui was---and wasn't.
I couldn't have been more wrong.
There were more misconceptions then I'd ever imagined. From some of the mail I got, I realized that people were very misinformed about Feng Shui. There were a few people, though, that read what I wrote. Just a few people that had an interest in it and I realized I'd inherited the "Stubborn" gene from my mother.
I never, ever would have imagined I'd make real friendships...."forever friends" as Jo calls them. I wouldn't have guessed that so many people would travel a road with me over time and help me with their comments and calls. I would have never thought Activerain would have such a profound PERSONAL effect on my life.
It was because of the wonderful members here through their encouragement that I fought a VILLAGE-and won! I shared ups (being found on Activerain and getting a radio spot or a small write up in The New York Times) to the personal trials including the loss of a family member, my mother's dog Avanti.
I have friends I can call and who call me; we CARE about each other. We are there for each other. It's much more the personal aspects that have given me so much more then I've ever dreamed of. I actually can't imagine life without Activerain.
I wrote this post which included adding a new family member as a Direct result of Activerain: My BEST ActiveRain SUCCESS Story: He Had me at Hello : ) I realized when writing this that I never did a follow up.
Pierre came into our lives. He brought my mother's spirit back and gives her a reason to get up in the morning. He's brought joy to ALL of us.....as have the members of Activerain. THIS is life AFTER Activerain:
Pierre...he never leaves his mom.
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**Carole Provenzale has been a New York Feng Shui Consultant since 1997 and is the Founder of Feng Shui Long Island & New York. On Site Feng Shui Consultations provided for New York City (Manhattan), Queens and all of Long Island. http://www.FengShuiManhattan.com for NYC Feng Shui Consultant Laura Cerrano
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