Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Which Of Your Superpowers Will You Use In The New Year?

During the holiday shopping rush, I was leaving a store and a man ahead of me continued to hold the door open for me even though I had reached to hold the door.  He said, “It’s okay – That’s one of my superpowers – opening doors.”

It struck me as a very notable ambition for the New Year! – Becoming aware of and using our Superpowers.  And since I seem to notice metaphors, (or perhaps I just create them where none exist), I wondered how many people have the superpower of opening “doors” for others – and are they actively using this great ability?  How wonderful that this young man notices and enjoys the simple and gracious act of holding open a door (for which I expressed my gratitude).

When I looked up the definition of Superpower, I found the most obvious ones first – A powerful and influential nation, especially a nuclear power; a state with a leading position in the international system, etc., and the ever familiar term for superhuman abilities – any abilities that a human does not possess in real life – akin to superheroes in movies and comic books.

However, another definition was “a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world.”  If you replace “state” with “quality,” the result may be an immeasurable number of Superpowers in each of us that have the ability to wield sweeping positive power that ripples out into the world.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Do You Believe In Santa?

I am usually a positive, glass half full kind of person.  Last week, I said something less than positive to my sister regarding something I’d like to create in my life – I said I didn’t see it happening any time soon.  My sister said, you know what your trouble is? You don’t believe in Santa!  I thought, you know, she’s right! 

What is believing in Santa all about?  What is the Santa Effect?