It's All About Connection

I have been posting a lot of my personal story and struggles on my LinkedIn page. LinkedIn is a professional platform and most people don't post personal stories there. So, it is not unusual that people will ask me why I post the content that I do on LinkedIn…and I will tell you why…

Last year, I found myself in a very bad situation. Through a variety of circumstances – I moved with hope and a promise to a state I had never been in until the day I arrived. And in the span of a two minute phone call, the promise was broken and the hope gone. I was abandoned, cold, alone, cold, broke and still cold.. I had no job, no prospects, no friends, no money…not even a stick of furniture. I owned my car…and now I had a mortgage on a condo in a place I had no reason to be anymore. I had no reason to BE at all. Everything I had worked so hard for my entire life (nothing was EVER handed to me) was gone in a flash.

Very long story made short…I pulled it together. I made it through….or I should say, I’m making it through. Still a ways to go. I’m not making the salary I made in Florida…I now pay state taxes that I didn’t pay in Florida. I have debt I didn’t have in Florida. But, I have more strength than I had in Florida. I have more resilience than I had in Florida (and believe me – I was strong and resilient before!) I have confidence that I didn’t have in Florida. I learned things that I would have never learned in Florida and one of those things is the knowledge that I can make it through ANYTHING. If I can make it through my situation, you can make it through yours…I’m not special (well, I am VERY special, but so are YOU!)

So, why do I share this on LinkedIn? Truth be told, the only reason I used to go on LinkedIn before was to update my work history. I never posted. I never read anyone’s posts. It was strictly for professional reasons. But having been through what I have, I know that I am not alone. I know similar or worse things have happened to you. So I post what I do so that you know you are not alone. That I see you. I feel you. I feel your pain. I do. One of my core beliefs is “everything happens for a reason” and if me telling you my story helps you or anyone else, everything I went through will have been worth it.

LinkedIn is about connection. Work is about connection. Love is about connection. Life is about connection. Everything is about connection. We are all connected. We are one.

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