“There’s a certain delusional quality that all successful people have to have…you have to believe that something different can happen. “ Will Smith
Okay, true confession, I didn’t see The Hangover Part III. Didn’t even see the second in the trilogy.
But what this one-star summer bomb demonstrates is our tendency to repeat ourselves again and again, day after day. We get stuck in these loops, looking for the same things we saw yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with an infinite number of new possibilities.
Whoever took over for Ed McMahon could knock on your door with the winning check in the magazine sweepstakes. You could make a new friend or meet a potential S.O. You could get an idea for a book or a song or a nonprofit that might change the lives of millions.
The thing is, you never know. But because we get up every morning expecting the exact same thing, we get reruns (Hangover part III) of yesterday. Yeah, there might be a little variety. You could get a speeding ticket, or eat a pepperoni pizza instead of pasta, but admit it: You basically expect your world to look like a clone of yesterday.
But what if you woke up to a world where everything was completely unrecognizable? Are you willing to allow that possibility? The possibility that the world’s largess could flow into your life? The possibility that we could have peace on Earth? And that all the children could go to bed with a full stomach knowing they were deeply loved and cherished.
If there is one thing I know, it’s this: We get out of life exactly what we look for…down to the precise shape, size and color.
A major conundrum of quantum physics is the that whatever the observer expects to see, he sees. Physical reality, at its essence, is made of high-energy photons. And we, you and me, are patterns of light and information, patterns of light and information that we keep rerunning and rerunning.
So to my way of thinking, the more open we are to brand-new, completely different possibilities, the better our world will become.
So, yeah, the first Hangover film was kind of fun. But for me, I’d rather see Bradley Cooper starring in a whole new film- and the world waking up to healing and hope.
Let’s all try for new possibilities for this week,
