I believe in serendipity. Call it fate, call it seeing the signs, call it whatever you want. Things happen for a reason, and I am receptive to those things happening and the reasons when they make themselves known.

The title of this post is the thing that happened and getting me to write this post is the reason. I’m rewatching the season 2 finale of The Morning Show on Apple+. It’s an episode focused on the COVID-19 global health crisis, and I’m sure I will write about that in the future, but that’s neither here nor there in this post. There is a scene where Daniel Henderson (played by Desean Terry) has quit his job on a major news network, is on the road to visit his grandfather, stopped for dinner, and answers a phone call from Mia Jordan (played by Karen Pittman). Mia tries to convince Daniel to come back to the network. In the conversation, Daniel essentially notes that he is tired of having to try and squeeze himself into a space at the proverbial table, that there is no reason to do that, and that he is going to make a table for himself.

The metaphor of regularly being overlooked despite the knowledge, expertise, and lived experience to make things work effortlessly for the greater good is far from lost on me. And, the idea of creating a space where I can share my missing voice “out loud” (that is, beyond my own mind) stems from that metaphor.

Think of it this way… When what I have to say is in a tangible form and dated, it’s a whole lot easier to say “I told you so” when what I know will happen does happen. So, the posts on this blog (my seat at the table, to continue the metaphor) will often be just that: putting into writing explanations of how things turn out and why, based in logic, education, and proof of concept. I can only hope for a perfect world in which I never get the chance to say “I told you so.” And even you know there is no such thing as a perfect world.

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