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Recently, I was approached by a publishing company that prints a very popular book on pregnancy. They wanted to “work” with me, put a link/widget  on my website, and perhaps become a blogger for them.

Naturally I was excited! Finally I thought my work promoting healthy and positive mindsets for expectant moms was starting to go somewhere – expand. So I put the link on my site and when I went to look at it … KA-POW! There was a flash ad for Clorox products, first and then you saw the widget.

Well. It turned me off and because of the “green” side of me, I could not have that ad displayed on myweb site! It just went against what I believe in – and Clorox products are far from green at the moment.

So, I emailed my contact and said, sorry, I can’t put this widget on my site.

Most likely the blogging  opportunity went out the window too. But you know what? I stayed true to my values and convictions and that’s worth it. It feels good to stand up for what you believe in.

So, yep. I really did.

What do you think?

Lesly

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