Thursday, November 5, 2009

Become a YES MAN


I recently watched YES MAN for the zillionth time the other day and I have to say - that movie inspires me like none other. Basically, the premise of the movie is a guy (Jim Carrey) who is going through life with no joy comes across a guru who makes a covenant with him to say YES to everything. While it is hysterically funny, it holds a valuable lesson.

We lose ourselves in everyday life. Everyday becomes the same as the last and we lose our joy. We have been given this incredible thing called life and it all gets muddied by mortgages, petty problems and boredom. We ALL need to become "yes men" in some regard - we need to go out on a limb and do things we normally wouldn't do. We get "settled" in our lives and no longer take risks or leave our comfort zones which cause us to miss out on some cool opportunities and experiences.

I am going to make a conscious effort to say "YES" to some things I wouldn't think of saying yes to normally and just see what happens. Look out world. Who is with me?!!!

2 comments:

Joe said...

i.e. Puerto Rico

shawna said...

YES!

It's a great movie!

And I've been trying new things lately, and getting out of my comfort zone and away from the doing the same old same old, and it's been awesome!

Keep us posted on your adventures! =)