If you’re working on your own idea–creating a future where your work is your own vision–you may find this video motivational. I did. And I’m going to watch it any time I feel frustrated with the obstacles I face.
You’re running late. You haven’t had your coffee. You’re not prepared for your morning meeting. You’re not sure if you missed your train. Then the speakers blare “Do-Re-Mi” and few by few, 200 people start dancing. That’s exactly what happened on March 23rd at Antwerp’s Grand Central Station–part of a unique promotional stunt for a reality show seeking the next Maria Von Trapp. (Well, the singing and dancing part happened. I highly doubt you were in Antwerp running late, wishing you had a latte).
I love watching the commuters’ expressions–the joy, the surprise, the appreciation. I also loved reading the comments, which include:
“Beautiful! I wish the world we lived in was as pure, kind, loving and joyful as this song portrays itself.”
Not every moment can be a musical, but this type of joy is almost always available to us if we’re willing to create it.
Thank you enthusiasticjen for posting this on my Facebook page!
I am terrified of heights—kind of. Having entered the world one year after a girly-girl sister, I decided at a young age to be the tough one. To play with dinosaurs, fight my tears when I scraped my knee, and climb tall trees with the best of the neighborhood boys. The only problem was I too scared to climb down. Thankfully, those neighborhood boys were accommodating (as they were 10 years later when I decided being girly was more fun—but that’s beside the point). With this in mind, perhaps you can appreciate how difficult it was for me to jump out of a plane from 10,000 feet.
But I did it. I forgot about everything I thought could go wrong, focused on the benefits of going through with it, took it one step at a time, and jumped. In hindsight, I now realize fear is absolutely awesome. Here’s why:
