DAY.FIFTEEN> Keeping Jack in His Box

Today was a pretty cool day I think. Something that has happened over the last few days I have noticed is that at Day One, I would go ahead and write about things that I learned - nothing has changed except for one thing which has. The past few days, I have picked up on so much more than one lesson a day. Some I go looking for, others find me and it is simply amazing what newness life has to offer when we offer ourselves to it. As I go to get into my car, my first breath makes me realize and truly capture the environment around me - sort of an empty road, driveways indicating people are at work, the quiet telling me that children are at school, and the coldness that sinks to my lungs shows me that indeed it is 9am on an average fall morning. I was speaking to one of my friends earlier this week and only had a chance to reflect on it today. I was thinking about a lot today and this idea kept popping into my head. We were talking about taking chances on new ideas and I thought to myself - isn't it cool how we has humans can formulate new ideas? I think that is remarkable that with everything that has already been done that we can think of newer things and more creative things. Anyways, point being - what if we ran with it?

I think we think inside the box too much. Okay, yes this is a cliche the whole "think outside the box" thing right? Eh. Do we even know what that means? I think the size of the box is certainly different for everyone. I think the actual box represents a certain train of thought that we all share. I think we each have our closed-off views of reality and normalcy. This presents a problem to creative genius. It presents a problem to the solution. It gives us the problem of mediocrity. It's time to let loose.

I want to ask - I know we all have ideas. Why are we so afraid of letting these ideas out? Why are we stopping the flow of these ideas from our heads to our hands? Are we afraid that they will not work? Let it not be so! Ideas for non-profits, for charitable events, even ideas to help the hungry, lend a hand to the sick, the broken-hearted even. What is the last idea you let slip your mind? When is the last time you stepped up and made a difference? Why are we so naive to think that we can't make a difference with what we have to offer?

The one thing that I need to say is that if we are looking for something in life and know what it is, KNOW that in the end it could be worth it - and KNOW that we need to grab that something and hold onto it. We cannot be afraid - there is too much at stake. Let Jack out of his box.

PS. "Jack" is your idea.