Enthusiasm Counts

 Enthusiasm Counts

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.” I remember reading that in High School and thinking that’s a pretty good mantra, and I like to believe that I’ve been able to see enthusiasm in action both as an observer and as the source. It’s been the greatest asset in my toolbox for just about everything I’ve tried. For sure as a teacher it helps cross the chasm of knowledge and when it works, it’s magic. It has the power to make doubters into believers and slow movers into action heroes.

I used to think that I needed a cause to be enthusiastic about, but over time I came to believe that I could make any cause move faster and attain more by injecting the positive energy myself. I learned early that it’s contagious and becomes the source for great things or anything to come to be. We don’t have wait for it to happen. We can make it happen. In the words of best-selling author Jack Canfield who wrote Chicken Soup for the Soul: “ It’s the difference between ‘yes’ and ‘hell yes.’

I know I have a few “hell yes” moments to live and wake up every day wondering what will be the catalyst, and today the trigger was my reflection that, for many reasons, I’ve been becoming a better version of myself. However, I may be the only one that seems to notice. But that’s okay. Generating an enthusiastic mindset is healthy. I do it for me and you could do it for you. It makes a difference. Hell yes it does.

Final Thought: Without enthusiasm there can’t be love and without love there can’t be enthusiasm.

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