Suzanne Mercier - Saturday, May 15, 2010
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On Friday, I had the opportunity of hearing Ronni Kahn speak. As you
may already know, Ronni is the founder of OzHarvest and our newly named
Local Hero. After a successful career in Event management, she was
driven to find a way of making a difference. She talked of her trip to
the US and meeting the founder of AmericaHarvest who encouraged her to
set up OzHarvest - a food rescue organisation. The many supporters of
OzHarvest go to top restaurants, catering facilities, even MasterChef to
collect their unused and untouched food for distribution to 165
Charitable Agencies which have responsibility for feeding their needy.
These people who might otherwise have gone hungry or had to scramble
around for whatever they could scrounge get to eat with dignity and
style - some even get a 3 course restaurant quality meal!
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Those are the facts. Here's what got me.
When Ronni speaks of her journey, she is so passionate and emotionally engaged that we are there with her. She talks of how things simply fell into place when she decided what she was going to do - and that's not to deny the hardwork that was also involved. She was in flow. I don't know if Ronnie ever suffered from feelings of imposterhood. I do know that she was able to look at her skills, experience and qualities objectively when she asked herself the question "How can I contribute?" She set up OzHarvest as a way of meeting a practical need with dignity, love and respect for those she was in service to. She became an advocate for amending the civil liabilities law so people who donated food were not legally exposed. She is fierce in her determination to spread the love, and her audience including me really wanted to be part of such a powerful and passionate crusade.
Stepping back into my 'Purpose to Profit' and authenticity role, Ronni showed just how powerful being connected to our purpose can be. Her passion enrolled others including serious investors, engaging them emotionally, even spiritually. It's an intoxicating feeling to be around someone who has clearly found her way forward; her way to make a difference. Her experience of flow is common to those who work from their purpose. People wanting to support her is a direct response to the power of her passion for what she is doing.
Is there one purpose for us? In other words, are we here to fulfill our true life's purpose? Perhaps not in the way many of us understand. I believe we are here to rediscover who we really are; to gradually peel back the layers our human experience have wrapped us in. Is that so important, though, if working from purpose allows us to see those finer qualities that we so vehemently deny when we're in our imposter phase? We get to see who we really are and that allows us to put our self-imposed limitations into perspective. We create the whole of our reality. Why not create a reality filled with passion and purpose? And why not make a difference in some way today?
What do you think? I'd love to hear.
All the very best
Suzanne
PS. Ronni and OzHarvest are running a fabulous promotion on Wednesday 19th May. You're invited to donate what you would normally spend on your lunch - for a sandwich and drink or even more - to feed numerous people through Ozharvest. Check it out.
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