Welcome to my brand-new, re-born website!
If you’ve poked around, you will have noticed the ubiquitous lotus flower and may have asked, “What’s up with the lotus flower?”
The lotus flower symbolizes me, my life, and the work I do.
My name, Susan, means lotus flower. I would like to tell you that my mother put a lot of thought into naming me and that the lotus flower had meaning for her, but nothing could be farther from the truth. My mother was convinced I was going to be a boy and gave no thought at all to girls’ names. My name was supposed to be “Stephen.” When it turned out I was of the female persuasion, she was threatened by the Nurse Ratched of the over-crowded NYC hospital maternity ward that if she didn’t come up with a name immediately they were going to put “Baby” on my birth certificate and she would have to get a judge to change my name. Mom wasn’t crazy about the name “Stephanie,” so “Susan” was born. Lucky for me. “Stephanie” means “crown” and there’s nothing royal about me or what I do.
A lotus flower is a thing of beauty, purity, and hope that springs from muck. Not only is this the story of my life, it perfectly describes my aspirations for the work I do.
In Buddhism, the lotus symbolizes purity of the body, speech, and mind while rooted in the mud. The white lotus, in particular, signifies spiritual awakening. For the ancient Egyptians, the lotus flower symbolized rebirth.
My objective is to give my clients the guidance, advocacy, confidence, and inspiration they need to bring a beautiful new life from the muck. So that’s the name of my blog: “Beauty from Muck.”
In this, my very first blog post, I would like to thank Chris Moreno, owner of Local Leads, and his extraordinary staff for transforming my website from its former muddiness into a thing of beauty. I cannot say enough good things about Chris and how simple and enjoyable he made this process. If you like the computer version of my website, check out how sexy he made my mobile site! If there are things about my website you do not like, like all of the lotus flowers – that was totally my doing; but what’s great is that Chris let me do it. So here is my unapologetic promotion of Chris who is the right person to revamp your website too:
Chris Moreno
My Local Leads
19 Ocean View Road
Kennebunk, ME 04043