Good morning and Happy Monday! The GREAT news around here is that I finished my book this weekend! Yes, The Pollyanna Principles is ready to go into layout!
And so this morning, yes indeed, I love the whole world!
Yessiree, the world is just awesome. And yes, that will be stuck in our heads all day. And for me, that is completely ok.
Have a great Monday and a great week, all!
Special thanks to Nick for finding this week’s Rock Out!
I have been saving this Rock Out for something special. I have been saving it for something to celebrate. I have been saving it for a kick-in-the-pants to get out there and tackle something that might seem overwhelming (perhaps like creating the future of our communities?).
So please celebrate with me as we continue to tackle the “impossible. ” No excuses.
We are indeed creating the future, whether we do so consciously or not. And we do indeed accomplish what we hold ourselves accountable for.
So let’s get out there and create an astonishing future for our grandkids and their grandkids - and for ourselves!
No excuses. Period.
Here’s to another 100 posts, and another 100 after that. Let’s party!
Have a great Monday and a great week, all!
(If you are new to the Monday Morning Rock Out, you can find previous Rock Outs here - enjoy!)
(Very cool birthday cake hot air balloon c/o SkyChariot.com)
Perhaps this is Part Deux of this week’s Monday Morning Rock Out - focusing on what is possible. This weekend, I saw the breathtaking labor of love that is The Fall.
If you are like me, you often see a scene in a movie, marvel at its beauty, only to find it is computer generated. I’m not sure why that always disappoints me, but for me, part of the wonder of seeing some grand scene is knowing that such an incredible place is, in fact, real.
Perhaps that frustration is what motivated the director of The Fall - Tarsem Singh - to shoot this incredible visual masterpiece on location in 18 countries around the world. Every place you see in this stunningly beautiful film is real. And because shooting this film was not Tarsem’s day job (he does commercials for a living), he shot this sweeping canvas of images “on the side” over a four year period. Wow.
It is possible to reach for something no “sane” person would try. It is possible because one of the things that differentiates us humans from the rest of the animal world - our humanity, our true “human” nature - is that we can conceive of something that does not yet exist, and make it happen.
So if you need a shot of inspiration, go see The Fall. (And yes, the critics who say the story itself doesn’t live up to the imagery are correct. Consider it an inspirational evening at the art museum.)
And then consider what is possible in the world of change we all want to create in our communities. And let’s go make that happen.
This is a special Monday Morning Rock Out.
