It's been a while since I've posted. I will do a better re-launch soon, but in the mean time I wanted to share this quick story.
Wyatt and I were reminiscing about our recent trip to Disneyland last night, and he asked me earnestly, “What was your favorite day?” I thought for a moment, and I responded that I really loved the day that we spent a long time in Carsland (our favorite!) before going to our special dinner and watching Paint the Night Parade. I know he also enjoyed that as we have discussed it multiple times, and even re-watched the Paint the Night parade on Youtube together on several occasions. I asked him the same question and his reply was “the day we met the old man”. I had almost forgotten this, although it was so special in the moment. We were walking through Fantasyland, and it was a very crowded day. An older cast member wearing the uniform of a sweeper and holding a broom stopped us and asked if we had a minute. I replied that we did, and he gave me a beaming smile, then he crouched down to address Wyatt. In a conspiratorial tone he told him that every single thing that is part of Disneyland is filled with magic. And that he had found a penny that day, and now that penny was full of magic, and he wanted Wyatt to have it. He asked him to take good care of it, and that holding magic also held responsibility. The look of absolute reverence on Wyatt’s face is one I wish I could have captured on film. We got out his magical penny and he played with it for a while before asking if I would put it back in a safe place. If I had been thinking I would have taken a photo of Wyatt with his new friend, and his magical penny, but instead we have the wonderful memory, as well as the penny to take us back to that moment anytime we want, and that is almost better.
Today I want to challenge you to look at the world, or a moment of your day through the eyes of the child you used to be. I promise it will look brighter and shinier than you ever imagined.
Wyatt and I were reminiscing about our recent trip to Disneyland last night, and he asked me earnestly, “What was your favorite day?” I thought for a moment, and I responded that I really loved the day that we spent a long time in Carsland (our favorite!) before going to our special dinner and watching Paint the Night Parade. I know he also enjoyed that as we have discussed it multiple times, and even re-watched the Paint the Night parade on Youtube together on several occasions. I asked him the same question and his reply was “the day we met the old man”. I had almost forgotten this, although it was so special in the moment. We were walking through Fantasyland, and it was a very crowded day. An older cast member wearing the uniform of a sweeper and holding a broom stopped us and asked if we had a minute. I replied that we did, and he gave me a beaming smile, then he crouched down to address Wyatt. In a conspiratorial tone he told him that every single thing that is part of Disneyland is filled with magic. And that he had found a penny that day, and now that penny was full of magic, and he wanted Wyatt to have it. He asked him to take good care of it, and that holding magic also held responsibility. The look of absolute reverence on Wyatt’s face is one I wish I could have captured on film. We got out his magical penny and he played with it for a while before asking if I would put it back in a safe place. If I had been thinking I would have taken a photo of Wyatt with his new friend, and his magical penny, but instead we have the wonderful memory, as well as the penny to take us back to that moment anytime we want, and that is almost better.
Today I want to challenge you to look at the world, or a moment of your day through the eyes of the child you used to be. I promise it will look brighter and shinier than you ever imagined.
