Two classes today. Amazing! One thing that dawned on me early in my FC102 class was that this class would be interesting. We all have different ways of interpreting situations in life. Interestingly enough, Tony Robbins was doing a seminar in Hawaii when 9/11 happened. And what he noticed was that people from around the world fall into categories. The angry people got angry, the caretakers became caretakers, the guilty felt guilt, and so on and so forth. Now let’s take this a step further. Let’s say we take a person that’s depressed and put him in a situation where he’s totally uncomfortable. A skydie, whoops I meant skydive. How do you think this person would react in that situation? Now take a confident, adventurous young lady and put her in that situation, how would she react?
As we can see our lives are shaped by the way we interpret situations. When we put out the energy of depression, we get more of it. When we put out the energy of unhappiness, we get more of it. But what if by some miracle we did the opposite? What if by some amazing feat we can suddenly become confident? Suddenly become happy? Suddenly become fulfilled right now in the present? How would that look like? Well it’d look like this:
Yes, that’s what you’d look like. Haha! A simple happy being on this earth. It’s possible to be happy now if you really wanted to. All you need to do is to look at this picture for a few minutes and imagine you were that happy. Then start thinking about all the things that make you smile. Smile Big! What makes you happy? Could it be that you have friends and family who care about you? Could it be that you have a connection with someone special? Anything that puts a smile on your face is great. Do this for 5 minutes everyday. Watch, listen, and feel how your perspective changes.
Life is a matter of how we all interpret situations. Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, his book, “The Last Lecture” is an amazing story of a man who achieved his childhood dreams and lived long enough for the world to hear his voice. A man who smiled big even in the face of death.
I have a habit of judging people sometimes. And I feel that it’s a habit that needs to be broken. So for the next week I’m going to compliment every person that walks within 5 feet of me. And tell 3 of my closest friends how much I care about them. I’ll report the results in my journal and next week, we’ll analyze and decode what I did to get out of my judgmental points of view.
My Reflection Post: Influence Life
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