Yesterday, I saw this ahead of my iPhone at my boyfriend’s brother’s home in Norfolk, Massachusetts:
And like this evocative image (which was ahead of me at work last week) (and which is ahead of you, again, if you read this recent blog post) …
… that image of what’s ahead reminded me of my brand new business card.
Before I get ahead of myself, I’ll explain that my new business card is for therapy groups which I hope will be ahead for people outside my usual practice at a major Boston teaching hospital.
What’s ahead, now, is my telling you that people who have seen that image on my business card have had different reactions, including:
- “That looks very calming.”
- “I love it!”
- “What’s that picture saying about what’s ahead?”
- “Could you turn that into a bridge?”
- “That shows a leap of faith.”
- “I guess that means that therapy is a dead end.”
- “Congratulations!”
- “Maybe you should have a boat waiting at the end of that.”
- “Are you saying that after working with you people will be able to walk on water?”
- “That reflects the uncertainty of the future.”
- “Give me a handful of those so I can give them out to patients.”
What’s ahead, now, are these questions: What are your reactions to and associations with the image on my business card? If you wanted to convey to people that what lies ahead includes hope, coping, and healing, what kind of picture might you use?
What’s ahead, now, are these other images from yesterday, Christmas Day:
None of us know what’s ahead for us in the future, but what’s ahead for me might include printing up more business cards. If I do, should I replace that stock photo on my card with any of those photos I took yesterday at three different family homes?
What’s ahead now is simply gratitude for all I encountered yesterday and for all that’s ahead of me, tomorrow.