Wow, now wasn't that "meaningful fun" as Ellie stated!!!
Mental pictures flashed in my head when I read what each of you wrote. From New York, Hawaii, New Zealand, and all BraveHeart Points in our beautiful world, our vibrations were flowing...
I laughed out loud picturing Ellie running out to the campfire site and screaming ,"Turn out the Lights...It's Earth Hour!!! (loved that one..)
Amy standing in the dark, looking out over New York City and the Empire State Building (ohh, just got the goose bumps AGAIN, just now, while writing this).
Linda, shutting all things electric off at the "breaker switch".
Peaceful candle-lit homes around the world.
Jane, saying our "God bumps" came out, combining our energies to make a difference.
To my great joy, I have just discovered there is only one real rule in life! Wow! Doesn't that make you breathe a big sigh of relief?!? Well, let me tell you a little story I just came across...
Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of stale. Suddenly a man bursts in, apoplectic with fury, shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk.
The resident prime minister admonishes him: "Peter", he says, "Kindly remember Rule Number 6," whereupon Peter is instantly restored to complete calm, apologizes, and withdraws.
The politicians return to their conversation, only to be interrupted minutes later by an hysterical women gesticulating wildly, her hair flying.
Again, the intruder is greeted with the words: "Marie, please remember Rule Number 6." Complete calm descends once more, and she too withdraws with a bow and apology.
When the scene is repeated for a third time, the visiting prime minister addresses his colleagues: "My dear friends, I've seen many things in my life, but never anything as remarkable as this. Would you be willing to share with me the secret of Rule Number 6?"
"Very simple," replies the resident prime minister. "Rule Number 6 is...Don't take yourself so damn seriously." "Ah," says his visitor. "that is a fine rule."
After a moment of pondering, he inquires, "And what, may I ask, are the other rules?"
The prime minister replies, "There aren't any."...
Story from The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
Soooo, let's all get busy and start practicing
RULE NUMBER 6!!
Twittsultant, Lesley "UNPACKAGEABLE SPIRIT" Morgan
Think of King Arthur's round table. The King and his Mastermind Group. Yes, well I know that is not likely how His Majesty referred to them, but I am pretty certain that is what it was.
Envision, if you will, all the best minds of the realm, flanking the entirety of the grand circle styled table.. facing one another..all brainpower directed toward a good and common goal..a place called Camelot!
At my table sits Ellie Drake, Seth Godin, Mari Smith, Wayne Dyer, Alex Jeffreys, Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon Hill, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Maya Angelou, Maria Andros, Snow White, Socrates, Queen Elizabeth #1, Amy Huentelman, and Jack Canfield - just to name a few.
Pretty good, uh? By-the-by, there are some folks listed here that don't have a clue who I am. But it matters not...they are among the circle that has influenced me to become inspiration in action, and create my own Camelot. (Wouldn't it be great fun to get this group together at Starbucks?)
So alas...out defending the castle, AND slaying dragons on your own, are we??? It's a little more than difficult to man the catapults, push the siege tower to the gates of Castle Success, pour cauldrons of boiling oil on assailants, all on your own...OK, I'll slow down with the dramatic effects now. I am getting to a point here.
You may fancy yourself as a King Arthur in your character, mind and spirit - aspiring to great things. But, it matters not, unless you are supported by an arsenal of great knights, and grand ladies (living in this life, or not-so-much). You cannot create and/or rule a kingdom without a "Special Forces" support team.
So sally forth.. put together the great coaches, and mentors, that will sit at your round table!
HEED THIS DECLARATION: Be a coach, be a mentor, but be very certain to surround yourself with the same.
Lesley "UNPACKAGEABLE SPIRIT" Morgan here... at your service...if you please...
When I was in the 5th grade, our music teacher taught these lyrics to the class. At that age, the words were interesting and made me very curious to know more...
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breath free; The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, Tempest-tossed to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
These are the finishing sentences inscribed on a bronze plaque in the interior of the pedestal at The Statue of Liberty...the sonnet "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus.
...I then began to truly realize what our country stood for in the world...
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