As I got older, I noticed that the things that brought excitement to me started to become fewer and farther between. Now I'm thirty-five, and I have to say, in retrospect there were long blocks of time after my teens where I lacked the excitement of anything in life. The reality was, I didn't choose to find excitement and joy within the experiences my life was bringing me, and that was one form of self-deprecation I no longer wanted to encourage.
Now, in all honestly, I kind of stumbled upon this new awareness a couple of years ago when I began the inward journey and concentration of experiencing more joy in my life in general. On this path I have discovered that I can find joy in what most would explain to be the most mundane, irritating, or boring circumstances.
Case and point, yesterday I received the iPhone 6 via FedEx. Remarkably, it was delivered the day the phone was released, and I can't tell you how excited I was for the FedEx guy to arrive. The funny thing was, I was more excited to be excited, than I was to get the phone.
It's as if the phone was merely a catalyst to experiencing joy in my life, and I wanted to milk every moment of it. Later that afternoon, I received a knock at the door, and I knew it was my long awaited phone. I opened the door, and did a jig for the FedEx man that probably looked a hybrid between the electric slide, and a seizure (note to self, work on those dance moves).
When he encountered the joy I was experiencing from receiving that phone, he lit up. My joy was contagious, and he couldn't help but partake in the energy that it created. I was pretty amped to get my phone suited in the latest gear. What would best express who I am as an individual, Hmmm, I'd have to go see. I arrived at the Verizon store, and it was pandemonium.
A crowd of cranky, irritated people were OUTSIDE the store. What was going on, I thought. I approached the door, still raging with joy, and the manager explained that they are only letting so many people in at a time due to the new phone release. Um, there were literally 10 people in the store at the time. At this point, I was at a crossroads, was I going to let this situation steal my joy, or was there a way to create a fun and joyful environment despite the ridiculous circumstances I was encountering,
No debating necessary, I chose to make "fun" of this situation, and encourage anyone within the vicinity of letting joy in, join in. I began talking to the security guard who was diligently guarding the door with his walkie talkie and weapon of pepper spray. After a short wait, I was granted access to the store, and boy did I feel like a VIP. All those angry faced people waiting outside with their less than joyful attitudes were still perched on their branches of self induced purgatory, and I was riding the highway to phone case ville.
I walk in, and no joke, a store associate took one of the new portable speakers they are selling, cranked up the music, and placed it in the middle of the store. He said, "This speaker is so great, you feel like you're at a club." Umm, I had no words, the club analogy I literally created outside somehow permeated the interior walls of the store. I couldn't help but revel in the moment.
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