Yesterday my daughter started giggling in the back seat of the car. And she giggled so much she couldn’t stop. I said “Be careful or you’ll run out of batteries” Which made her laugh even more. Measuring energy can abstract. But we know it’s a real thing. How much energy will it take to turn a frown upside down? How much energy will it take to change the world?
I had a teacher called Mr Durham. He told my mother that I had a PROBLEM. Apparently, I kept standing up and walking out of class because I was bored. I can vouch that this is probably true. To me he was boring (other than the fact he drove the miniature train at the local park) He didn’t think he was boring. To him, I had an attitude problem.
Every day survived is a miracle and a gift. I shudder when I look back and remember taking entire days for granted without celebrating and squeezing every last drop of juice from them. Our days and our gifts are simply not for squandering. I’m not something for us to feel guilty about. (That doesn’t help at all) Although it’s definitely worth being vigilant about and mindful of. In fact it’s super exciting.
Have you ever done the Myers Briggs test? If you do you’ll be given a 4 letter result that profiles you. Mine is BDFS. Before you go and check it out, I’ll save you the sweat and bother… There’s no such “official” result. Which is why I love being BDFS. I can make up my own rules by which I play the game. My profile is Big Dreamer Free Spirit.
As the ice caps melt, it’s easy to be sad or even angry. But surely, without belief in something better, we end up charging the battery negative? Pee’ing in the swimming pool for everyone? Whereas the more the positive energy wins. The better things get. So we all know our job. It’s a simple one. Keep pushing. With kindness, love, optimism, fun. Any of those will do. There’s nothing better than when someone who has every reason…every excuse…and every right to feel negative…
So why do so many friends of mine who live in London, New York and other big cities tell me they’re lonely? So many contradictions in this universe… But with the right energy and the right thoughts you can untangle every one of those strange riddles. Recently I saw the worlds biggest “Jumper” (What we call Jumper in America is called Sweater) Anyway it’s a huge one. It’s the Guiness Book of Records official “Giantest Sweater”
Each bodily function was carried out by a different mini “factory”. Eating food would be one of those discussed in polite company. (Some of the others, you just have to giggle and use your imagination) Anyway moving on… Your mind is a factory too. Some people squander the opportunity to innovate and create great things using the inherent power and resources of that great machine. But it always remains an open possibility to change your life from the inside out.
My dog is a golden retriever. That means he likes to fetch things. Obviously that’s not great news for the chickens in the garden. They object to being retrieved. I guess back in the mists of time, his ancestors were bred to fetch dead birds for hunters. But let’s be clear. That “skill” was simply an application of his source code. His actual source code is kindness and the gentle “strength by friendliness”.
