Happy Melbourne cup everyone! I hope you all dressed up at work :).... and if not.... bad, bad, bad... you are not participating in some of our limited social interactions and exitements.
I dressed up and felt like a dweeb walking to my car, but once I arrived at work, there were a couple of others who dressed up! I felt more connected to those who dressed up... they cared, they wanted to play a part, they were ready to pick the moments and make them exciting/unique/special, they were ready to gamble and risk that noone else would dress up. For some reason this means a lot to me. I also believe it means a lot to others, everyone participating within their means. I understand noone wants to be forced to participate, but landmark participation events (in my mind) have to be made, to punctuate the flow of time and to keep me thinking to participate. If I hadn't participated, I feel like I wouldn't have seized the time. And I want to!...
A building of shared experiences and a creation of communities of action by means of displayed participation - it can lead to greater things. Many things seem too big or impossible to me because I often forgotten the stairs by which to get to the impossible things. Recently I have been not just thinking, but believing and accepting it as normal, that anything is possible. Call it "invincibility of youth" (as my dad does), but I don't think that's it... I may lack patience to execute or my attention may get called upon by other ideas, but I am of the belief I can create a plan and path towards anything. Participation, it's a step towards trusting the people around you, like the neighbour you never talk to, I want to take the step more. I am trying to bring participation into new contexts. Not sure how to explain what I mean. I don't want to be called out for an audience participation exercise and that be my "participation mode" trigger. I just want to do it, be more involved. Can you please do the same? For some reason it means a lot to me.... like when one athlete from some remote country in Africa walks around the Olympic stadium waving his country's flag... he showed up man! He knew he was probably going to be the only one, but he wanted to take the chance and participate. It really stirrs emotions in me to see the athletes from smaller countries fighting for the opportunity to participate, I feel like it is uniting a global humanity... wanky it may be... but it makes me teary when I watch it on TV.
By the way, TED India will be starting any day now! I am so excited to hear all of the speakers... recently I have been jumping a lot to Bhangra and have come to recognise it as my second skin...
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