I was inspired to write this after reading Jan Wong’s My 100th Post and a 1000 Awesome Things (congrats again Jan!).
He shared a wonderful Ted Talk by Neil Pasricha about The 3 A’s to being awesome:
Among the three, Authenticity really resonated with me. Neil talked about a football player by the name of Rosie Grier. He was part of the Fearsome Foursome of my beloved Los Angeles Rams back in the day (before they moved to St. Louis *sniffle*). Anyways, he talked about how Rosie loved to knit… and, wasn’t afraid to let it be known. Even wrote a book about it! Can you imagine a modern day player admitting that in this day and age?”
Over the past weekend, we visited Legoland because our little nephew was in town. He wanted to see the Star Wars exhibit which was recently built. Honestly, I loved my Legos as a child (still do to some degree) and LOVE my Star Wars. But, in reality, I never had an inkling to visit this place. “I’m not a child for goodness sakes!”
Well, it was a cool experience to say the least. I loved checking out all the neat Lego structures like the NY skyline, the Vegas Strip and wait for it… STAR WARS movie scenes. The Force was very strong with these exhibits (in Darth Vader voice for added effect).
So, what’s the big deal if I like Legos, Star Wars, Wicked the Musical, Lord of the Rings, 80′s hair band music, Indigo Girls, Backstreet Boys… etc, etc. It’s simply awesome when you know who you are and don’t care who knows it! *big grin*
