I'm working on getting a mission statement in place today, something I've resisted in the past because they seem so...abstract. Of course I want to o promote mental, physical and spiritual health. I want to provide innovative products (invent stuff for comfort kits) and teaching people how to use them.
Mostly I want to promote the use of comfort kits. To help people with invisible disabilities, and to connect and make a meaningful difference to people with chronic illness whether mental or physical. I have a special place in my heart for people who have mental health challenges, as well as for those who have lupus, or MS, or fibromyalgia, or Lyme's disease. I want to help people who have disabilities, and I want to help people who are stressed-out ("to the max" as we used to say in the 80's). I want stay-at-home Moms to have something that they can use to relax for a few seconds in a locked bathroom when they have a screaming kid on the other side of the door. I can see myself growing in my own energy level to the point where I could do something significant for the mental health community in the Seattle area...thus the idea for donating 10% of the aromatherapy dough to mental health institutions and art therapists in this area. Treatment centers might be a good place to donate as well -- people need to learn how to play all over again, how to take care of themselves in recovery.
I want to help people in recovery who are discouraged and on the verge of relapse decide that they can make it one more day. I want to help people remember their best and highest selves, by actually providing tools and information that help them interrupt unhealthy thinking/feeling habits. I'm only beginning to imagine the way in which this company and this particular product can make a difference in my corner of the world...Seattle, the Pacific Northwest, the U.S.
So how to get all that in a mission statement is the challenge before me today. If anyone has any thoughts, please feel free to comment!
No comments:
Post a Comment