What's Your Height?
Today's Comedy Around the World travels to Egypt. I had the good fortune (and courage and determination) to travel to Egypt in 1992-1993. It is a lesson in humor, just as it was a life-long mission to see the pyramids.
When I was in grade-school, I saw a picture of one of my relatives sitting on a camel in front of the pyramids. So I knew if one of my "peeps" could go there, I could do it too! I believed that something completely unlikely to happen, could happen. I couldn't drive, I didn't have cash, I wasn't exactly sure where Egypt was on the map. But I didn't spend every waking moment thinking, stewing, worrying about how I would go there. I didn't even tell anyone about my thought. I kind of forgot about it.
That is the key to how our goals become reality. We just get on with our day. Our mind and our belief take care of the details. That's also how creativity works: we don't force it. We just let it happen when it's ready to happen.
Finally, all the pieces were in place, and I stood beside one of the great pyramids. I was in awe, breathless, appreciative, grateful, and overcome. I couldn't stop looking at them. And--I was surprised.
I had a perspective about the pyramids that was different than what I actually experienced once there. The block I stood beside was taller than I am. I am 5'2"; that's very tall--for a brick. And that's what the pyramids are--thousands of bricks this big all stacked together.
Our sense of humor is our own, personal perspective. No one else sees the world quite the way you or I do. It's up to us to believe that our story has value and possibility, and then to share our perspective. There's no better way to, "Get Your SHINE Together!"
Where are you going in your life?
