This week, a strange quote from one of my favorite YouTube videos has been popping in my head. If any of you have seen Kid History, you will probably know this, if not, check it out..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh0NLQJfAYU
So, in this episode of Kid History, the mom is pushing off healthy eating and green smoothies off on her kids. Some of the kids handle it well, some think its "dross" The part that has stuck with me all week, is when one of the Roberts boys is handed a green smoothie, and looks and and says "I know its green, but what else is about it?"
In terms of my life, I am a green smoothie. I know a lot about myself. I am a Mormon, I am a woman, I am an American, I am a figure skater, I am single. there are lots of obvious things about me, but like a green smoothie, you can't tell "What else is about (me)" until you take a big swig. If its anything like one of my green smoothies, you can taste the subtle flavors of spinach and kale right along side strawberries and banana.
The past month has been about me getting to know and understand myself much better. This week, as I explored some of my issues, and some obvious things about me I took a moment and said, OK, I know that about myself, but that isn't everything. What else is about me? or what else is there about this or that aspect of me? or more specifically an example: I am a figure skater, but what else is there about that? I'm a good jumper, I am a hard worker, I am determined, I love the ice, the smell of it, the cool crispness contrast with the warmth of working. I love the feeling of flying when I jump, the glide of my skate pushing against the ice, and the burn in my legs, I love that for a moment I can put on a piece of music and skate what I feel, put a song into a motion that creates beauty that everyone can see and feel. There is a lot else about it,but that's probably good enough for an example.
The other quote that has run through my head for the past month or so, comes from the movie What a Girl Wants, with Amanda Bynes- I really like Amanda Bynes movies. Any way, she is with this super hot British guy on a boat, and wants to learn the ways of her upper class family, so he offers to help a bit by teaching her to balance in a boat. She falls out, he falls out, they get back in the boat and he looks her in the eyes and asked her a question that I think we should all ask ourselves at some point in life- "Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you are born to stand out?"
I think we are all born to stand out, I think we all have that "what else" about us, and I think when we really start to look for and recognize and build off of those things, off of who we are and all we can be, when we quit trying to blend in, and take a risk at showing our abilities, we do stand out, and can lift others.
I saw a good example of this in a post my friend put on FB of a UK X Factor contestant, Christopher Maloney, that had major nerves, he was 34, and had never sung in front of a crowd, but he had an amazing voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1T9-I3wx8I I cried when I heard him sing. It was amazing.
So lesson of the week, You may be "Green" but don't forget to ask "what else is about (you)" and when you figure it out, don't be afraid to stand out as you are meant to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh0NLQJfAYU
So, in this episode of Kid History, the mom is pushing off healthy eating and green smoothies off on her kids. Some of the kids handle it well, some think its "dross" The part that has stuck with me all week, is when one of the Roberts boys is handed a green smoothie, and looks and and says "I know its green, but what else is about it?"
In terms of my life, I am a green smoothie. I know a lot about myself. I am a Mormon, I am a woman, I am an American, I am a figure skater, I am single. there are lots of obvious things about me, but like a green smoothie, you can't tell "What else is about (me)" until you take a big swig. If its anything like one of my green smoothies, you can taste the subtle flavors of spinach and kale right along side strawberries and banana.
The past month has been about me getting to know and understand myself much better. This week, as I explored some of my issues, and some obvious things about me I took a moment and said, OK, I know that about myself, but that isn't everything. What else is about me? or what else is there about this or that aspect of me? or more specifically an example: I am a figure skater, but what else is there about that? I'm a good jumper, I am a hard worker, I am determined, I love the ice, the smell of it, the cool crispness contrast with the warmth of working. I love the feeling of flying when I jump, the glide of my skate pushing against the ice, and the burn in my legs, I love that for a moment I can put on a piece of music and skate what I feel, put a song into a motion that creates beauty that everyone can see and feel. There is a lot else about it,but that's probably good enough for an example.
The other quote that has run through my head for the past month or so, comes from the movie What a Girl Wants, with Amanda Bynes- I really like Amanda Bynes movies. Any way, she is with this super hot British guy on a boat, and wants to learn the ways of her upper class family, so he offers to help a bit by teaching her to balance in a boat. She falls out, he falls out, they get back in the boat and he looks her in the eyes and asked her a question that I think we should all ask ourselves at some point in life- "Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you are born to stand out?"
I think we are all born to stand out, I think we all have that "what else" about us, and I think when we really start to look for and recognize and build off of those things, off of who we are and all we can be, when we quit trying to blend in, and take a risk at showing our abilities, we do stand out, and can lift others.
I saw a good example of this in a post my friend put on FB of a UK X Factor contestant, Christopher Maloney, that had major nerves, he was 34, and had never sung in front of a crowd, but he had an amazing voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1T9-I3wx8I I cried when I heard him sing. It was amazing.
So lesson of the week, You may be "Green" but don't forget to ask "what else is about (you)" and when you figure it out, don't be afraid to stand out as you are meant to.
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