February 24, 2008

This past week I've had to deal with a big distraction in my business, the HR Forums. The web site server, which is hosted in Half Moon Bay where I live, was damaged as the result of power surges in a storm, and the backup system also failed. Bottom line, a big chunk of my web site was lost. I've been in emergency mode for the last few days, working on rebuilding my business web site, so I haven't made much progress on the book.

This is a big reminder of my spiritual agenda for this year, which came to me recently as a vision while doing the Inner Elder Exercise, which I learned from Rabbi Shaya Isenberg eight years ago. There are four values which it is my task to balance right now: business, art, spirit, and service. I hope to keep to keep moving the book ahead quickly, while also taking care of business.

One small piece of progress: a business colleague accidentally found his way to the Holy Beggars web site, is very intrigued with the book, and is interested in helping with the technology for the online Events.