Is it worth it?
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2008-11-07 22:14:47 - Graham EllisThere are times that I wonder "is it worth it ..." with some of the things that I do. The world won't crumble if I miss the blog for one day, and the forum is quiet - is it read? Is it worth it?
But then ... I just look at today. Kevin and Ted are posting on the forum. And as I look across to it, writing this short note, I find a useful post with suggestions from Keith. Marion - in spite of all that's going on for her - has dropped me a note to say how much she enjoyed the Obama piece, Andrew is delighted to sign up for our other forum from Vegas, Justin has got back to me with a follow up on a note that I had just answered - 6 months late - because he had gotten spam trapped, Angie has dropped me a suggestion for our training, Edward has written by email with follow ups to an archived forum item he found useful, and Alok to whom I send a reply which (when I look back at it) I'm ashamed of has - never the less - sent me a polite thank you. And there's Crystal and Brad and Marieke and another Andrew and Nicole, Emily and Laura, Bruce and Neil and Martin ...
Yes - many times over - it IS worth it. Thank you, everyone, for your support of the Opentalk Forum, the Horse's Mouth, our courses and our other activities. I'm deeply touched.