One of things that I like most about working on Keen is the amazing people I’ve met, advisors and clients alike.  Sure among advisors there are little bumps (and big bumps!) and disagreements and weird stuff that happens, but I just want to say that 99% of the time in my experience…when the chips are down and a fellow advisor needs something…you would be surprised who and how many of us step up to the plate.  Did I mix colloquialisms?  I do that.  My point is simply is that Keen is an awesome community of people.

Think about this.  How many intelligent, honest, hard-working people do you know that are willing to take time from their life to give to you and your life chaos?  On a daily basis?  Now I realize Keen advisors are paid, and the pay range varies from minimum-wage to insanity, and this pay makes it a business.  I get that.  But many of the people you find here have other careers and jobs.  They do not HAVE to work here, but they are drawn to it…their core being insists that they serve others, and their path has led them here.  They are here because they love it whole-heartedly. 

I’m writing this blog post for two reasons.  One, I was asked for a Beatles reference.  If I were a DJ…or a wonderful songstress (sooooo NOT me)…I would come to your house and play a little ditty for you.  But I write, this is my artistry (would you prefer lines of code?)…and so here it is.  The Beatles were about love and life and peace and unity.  This is my version of the same.  And two, because I was forwarded an internet post seething about advisors here on Keen.  That hurt me, those words…actually even more than someone saying it specifically about me.  I’ve got a tough outer shell (with a creamy, gooey center, of course) and it takes a lot to bring me down.  But this community of people has been around me for…gosh, five years or so.  Many have proven to be dear friends and such cool people.  Their hearts are pure and they work here because they ultimately care about people.  Fake?  Frauds?  That’s just cruel.  If you knew how much people here care about those they serve, you would understand what that bitterness does to them.  This is a community of sensitive people.  Words might not hurt…but anger and cruelty can.

I’ve learned that many people who pass the bitter words about this community are almost always people who called here for insight and assistance.  Your calls were taken…your life examined…your tears and fears absorbed.  Blame cannot be transferred to those who sought to help you simply because your life is not the one you crave.  We truly, genuinely understand the pain some people have, and we understand that the backlash is a way to express what can be difficult to express.  But find the words within your own context of life.  Do not blame others for what you are unable to achieve.  Channel the energy and learn how to transfer it into something productive…to pull into your being that which you so desire.    

This is longer than I intended and I am in no way speaking for everyone.  I speak for myself about some incredible people.  True, not everyone here has discovered how awesome they are and not all yet know the incredible lightness of giving from the heart to those in need.  Most likely, because they have come here…they will discover it soon enough.  We love here.  It is why we have come together.