A friend recently posted a link to a Tedx Talk. The speaker was Dewitt Jones, a Photographer for National Geographic. Dewitt's talk had so many "quote-ables" that I knew I had to share. Dewitt says that National Geographic told him to... "Go out and celebrate what's right with the world." Everything we see and hear these days - the television news, the newspapers, Facebook... they all tell us what's wrong with the world (and a lot of times it's exaggerated or not even true.) We need to look through what Dewitt calls the "lens of celebration" instead, and celebrate what's right with the world instead of what's wrong. Remember a few years back, when everyone was posting pictures of their food on Facebook and Instagram? We (ok, I) soon got sick of seeing post after post of what people were eating (and laundry, what??), but those people were showing something that was "good" in their day. They were sharing happiness. As a bonus, imagine how those pictures made the people who created that meal feel. I'm pretty sure that there was a huge grin on the chef's face whenever they saw their restaurant tagged and then saw something that they created in the image. "When we 'celebrate what's right with the world' it gives us the energy to find the next right answer." I feel like we need to try a little harder to balance the good with the bad that is always being thrown at us. It might take a minute for someone to see the good in a sea of bad, but if you try you can usually find it. My family lives in and around Houston. During the flood last year, my five siblings were each effected in different ways, one personally and the others spent weeks helping friends and neighbors. My sister sent me a picture of a friend sitting with her husband in a lawn chair with all of their belongings (most of which were ruined) piled in the yard behind them. In the front corner of the image, on what looked like a beach cooler, was one of those little word-art blocks. The block said, "Collect moments not things." And, they were smiling in the picture! For a moment at least, they had found what was right with the world. If you'd like a little pick-me-up, or just a fun 18 minutes of listening to a great guy with a good message (and quite a bit of humor), take a look at this Tedx Talk with Dewitt Jones. I've watched it a few times now. ;)
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