I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.–E E. Cummings
I imagine that yes is the only living thing. –E. E. Cummings
Happy Day 22 everyone!
It is amazing the quotes you can find on “yes” when you search for it. In case I was unsure of the importance of “yes,” I think the quotes in this e-mail confirm it. Phew, and I thought it was just me ;)
So You Think You Can Dance?: Haha! I love hearing the dance stories. Some of you have e-mailed me, and we have posted a few stories in the blog comments. AND…I even posted two videos of dancing in the blog post. You will find Chris ‘working it’ to some reggae – and you will see my kids proving that you are never too young to live your YES. In fact, “30 Days of YES: for Kids!” – coming soon! So, to check out those dances, just go to yesterday’s post :)
Day 22: Living YES and…
Today is one of my favorite days because it reinforces what ‘yes’ means to me. Your YES is your purpose, passion, highest calling – the authenticity who makes you who you are! YES is also the basis of improvisation. Improvisation is based on the principle and premise that work in complete cooperation with everyone you perform with. You achieve success and create awe-inspiring stories through “cooperation and agreement” – based on saying YES to each other’s ideas. Everything is build upon because you ‘accept’ your partners offer – then build off of it with new information which is the ‘and.’ A scene, like a building, is built from a strong foundation, one layer and floor at a time based on trusting, listening, and building off of each other’s ideas. No one is in control, no one owns the ideas, scene, or story – it is complete cooperation.
So, how is the different than life?
Conversely, living “No,” or “Yes, BUT,” is all about protecting our own turf, and often competing with those we need to cooperate with. I would go so far to say that any relationship in your life that feels like a strain right now – can probably be traced back to one of you competing with the other person – instead of cooperation. We do this with friends, family, co-workers, etc. Living YES means looking for ways to GIVE to a situation, while living NO means we are looking for ways to GET from someone or something.
So, TODAY – your assignment is to be conscious throughout the day of how often you want to say YES to situations, and how often you catch yourself wanting to say NO. Be conscious of it. How does it make you feel? What do we notice as the basis for wanting to say NO when we do? At the end of the day, break out your journal and do some deep listening on how the day went. I can’t wait to hear what comes up for you!
Keep sharing!: Make sure you keep posting your feedback in the blogs – as well as the 30 Days of YES facebook page. I will occasionally post a video or something inspiring on the Facebook pages.
That is all for today – have an awesome YES day!
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. –Joseph Campbell
Travis Thomas
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Well, just wanted to everyone know that I am still on track with 30 days. I had got 6 days behind but got myself back on track and just caught up to Day 22. Feels good. It's really been quite a journey for me. I have been able to implement all of the days into my daily life pretty easily actually.
I've got a bit of an easier go of it then most. I get to live everyday in a creative environment so I'm putting YES to work constantly. I not only get to teach it weekly but I'm constantly in creative writing sessions and working in a career where YES is the only way that anything happens. However, I would like to say that thanks to 30 days of YES and Holls and Travs prodding through this, I've gotten myself back into meditation and added many key elements to my life including quiet time in the morning and journalling again (yes, on my laptop but journalling none the less) :-)
Yes, YES, is part of my every day life BUT this process has also made me realize that the reason YES is so important is because you never know when you won't have the ability or time to say YES again. So, you may as well say it now. As I get older and realize the importance of the true things in my life. Family, friends, animals, children etc., I realize that those are the moments to always keep YES handy. When my girl's three year old asks, "Fen (he calls me Fen) will you box with me?", "Fen, will you swing with me?", "Fen will you throw this ball? Hold this?" etc. I try and say YES every time because I never know when that time will cease to exist. In my career, I continue to say YES to every opportunity that comes my way because I've realized that, since I don't control the universe as I once thought, I never know which opportunity will actually be the one that follows through or the one that I actually enjoy. OR when those opportunities will stop.
So, I'm open to giving everything a shot within reason. It's kind of freeing knowing that there is limitless possibility and potential out in the universe and you are open to every part of it. Pure Potentiality as Chopra says.
So, today, I've got a three hour reminder on my phone so that I can take stock of the last three hours and see how that YES is working and being implemented. Should be interesting.
Thanks guys. Enjoy a day filled with YES.
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