Do you start each day begrudgingly; dreading the tasks that await? Or do you awaken eagerly looking forward to your day? Often we get caught up in the routine of our lives and lose sight of the newness that each day brings. Our daily events become so common place that we tend to forget their impact and importance.
Have you ever noticed that a child can be completely intrigued by a simple cardboard box. As adults we often observe and think, "There are all these toys around and yet they choose to play with an empty cardboard box. I just don't get it."
Well, the reason we don't get it is that somewhere along the way, we lose our enthusiasm for the simple things. You look at the box and see, well . . . a cardboard box. A child looks at a cardboard box and sees so much more: a race car speeding down the track, a abandoned cave filled with lost treasure, a spaceship traveling distant galaxies, a castle perched atop a majestic mountain.
As adults, it now takes much more to hold our attention or excite us. We become disenchanted and disillusioned. If we're not careful, we can even get to the point where we proudly wear a badge of being 'not easily impressed'. Don't believe me? How often have you had someone compliment you on something only to have you quickly dismiss it? Or how often have you heard someone telling a very animated story about something that they recently experienced only for you to think to yourself 'big deal'? As we become more and more apathetic, it seems there are fewer and fewer things to be enthusiastic about.
Renew your enthusiasm. Refresh your perspective. Challenge yourself to enjoy simplicity. Revel in complexities. Get back in touch with your inner child. Become fascinated with learning and exploring new things. Open yourself to new experiences. Unleash your curiosity and creativity. Create opportunities to expand your horizons. Discover and pursue your passions.
What's the worse that could happen? You just might enjoy yourself . . .
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,
which means never losing your enthusiasm.
- Aldous Huxley
Have you ever noticed that a child can be completely intrigued by a simple cardboard box. As adults we often observe and think, "There are all these toys around and yet they choose to play with an empty cardboard box. I just don't get it."
"Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic"
- Dale Carnegie
Well, the reason we don't get it is that somewhere along the way, we lose our enthusiasm for the simple things. You look at the box and see, well . . . a cardboard box. A child looks at a cardboard box and sees so much more: a race car speeding down the track, a abandoned cave filled with lost treasure, a spaceship traveling distant galaxies, a castle perched atop a majestic mountain.
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called
'All the Things That Could Go Wrong'.
- Marianne Williamson
As adults, it now takes much more to hold our attention or excite us. We become disenchanted and disillusioned. If we're not careful, we can even get to the point where we proudly wear a badge of being 'not easily impressed'. Don't believe me? How often have you had someone compliment you on something only to have you quickly dismiss it? Or how often have you heard someone telling a very animated story about something that they recently experienced only for you to think to yourself 'big deal'? As we become more and more apathetic, it seems there are fewer and fewer things to be enthusiastic about.
Enthusiasm finds the opportunities,
and energy makes the most of them.
- Henry S. Hoskins
Renew your enthusiasm. Refresh your perspective. Challenge yourself to enjoy simplicity. Revel in complexities. Get back in touch with your inner child. Become fascinated with learning and exploring new things. Open yourself to new experiences. Unleash your curiosity and creativity. Create opportunities to expand your horizons. Discover and pursue your passions.
What's the worse that could happen? You just might enjoy yourself . . .
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