Contagious Inspiration

So tonight I was practicing at GW with Joni and she left early, but I wasn't tired so I kept on going. I really like practicing alone sometimes. I get a lot of ideas then, and I never feel embarrassed to try new things, or don't worry if my dance looks stupid. I think its at these times I make the most progress. But even when you think you are alone and no one is watching, there are these things called security cameras. One of the security guards came by after a half hour. I'm not usually so warmly accepted by security guards, from my time as a skater and even as a bboy, I'm oft chased away. But this security guard started some small talk and was asking about my dancing. He then thanked me and said he saw me on the security camera and he was having a pretty bad day. He said he noticed my leg and decided that his problems weren't so bad afterall and could be a lot worse. I felt kind of embarrassed, but I was glad to provide someone some inspiration when "no one was looking."

I felt kind of inspired by that statement though. If you think about it, most people live in a pretty self centered world. We all have problems, and somehow in our own minds our personal problems are so huge. Well to us they are, but if you take the advice of the security guard, there's always someone worse off than you. All of us have some kind of blessings in our life. If we focus only on our own faults, our lives will suck. I think its better to focus on your blessings and be happy and thankful. No one will ever have everything, and even if you had everything, would you be happy? I'm sure you'd still find something missing, it seems that is human nature. But if we can overcome that, we can be happy although we have little, and share that happiness with others instead of idly perusing our own interests.

So, the original inspiration giver becomes the receiver. Thus, inspiration is contagious.

It reminds me of a friends post, someone who's in a small country in a small town with little amneties we're all so used to. The small things that make her day would often be scoffed at by someone as spoiled as most of us here in the US are. We can all learn some lessons if we just pause our lives and look at the world around us. Ok, I'm babbling, peace out world, good night, keep chasing your dreams, spread inspiration, thank god for all you have, and watch out for 1 legged bboys.

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