SuperForest! HI! I am so excited to talking to you all right now because I have wanted to share this with you guys for sooo long now!
OK, so this guy, Srikumar Rao, CHANGED MY LIFE! Okay, he didn’t quite do that, BUT he put in words a way of living that I had been trying, quite accidentally. I did not realise I was functioning in this way until Mr. Rao made me see it and understand it. His talk is somewhat long, but I PROMISE it is worth it!
Now does this work? It sounds great and perfect..right? I’ll let you decide for yourself, but I think it does. And like I told you he made me realise I was actually DOING what he said, this is my story of its success:
When I had stumbled upon SuperForest for the first time I knew I was in love. I think most of us share that feeling. The first thing I ever watched was SuperForester Jason’s interview with SuperForesters Chris, Iman, and Carla! That moment I said selfishly and excitedly, “I WANT TO BE ON THAT WALL!! MY FACE!” I didn’t think it would happen quite honestly. It would be cool, but me on SuperForest? Not me. But I had already made that a goal in my mind, as I had instantly decided to never approach the idea of being on Team SuperForest with anyone, except in passing with a few friends. Instead, and this is where Mr. Rao really comes in, I decided to become a PART of SuperForest; to begin to act and be more like the people I read on SuperForest, this so called “team.” I then had my experience in New Haven, CT with some of my friends and got that story posted on SuperForest! It was the first time I had wrote to SuperForest, and I had no idea what to expect. So I ended up getting this: click here. WOW! I was blown away, and then guess what happened? People commented! That inspired me beyond all else. I reached out, and others reached right back! I started contacting members of the Team, introducing myself and getting to know them. I started a blog of my own. I decided that it would be my own conduit for sharing, connecting, and being. I had read the Humanifesto, sure, but I had no idea what I was doing. It just felt right, I knew I was doing. I was being. I became active in organisations, such as the Matt Wadleigh LoVE Foundation, I started reading other blogs, I hung up SuperForest posters around town, and most importantly I shared all of that through my blog. And one day SuperForester Jackson asked me to join, quite out of the blue. So, here I am.
I tell you this so I can say, “YOU can do it!” We all have goals, we all want our own happiness. But how do we start to accomplish this? These are questions SuperForest and SuperForesters ask all the time. Here is my idea on it (pushed into existence thanks to Mr. Rao). Don’t focus on that new raise, focus on being the best you can be at work. Sure it is not always easy, sure you don’t always accomplish those goals right away. But if you give your all into something, and you find your passion, or learn to become passionate, then you can accomplish whatever you want given time. You will check off goal after goal. I know I have, and rediscovering this has helped me so much get out of the crappy time I was in.
What Mr. Rao talks about is incredible, and so hope filling. Why not give it a try? What do you have to lose? As he says, “If you aren’t excited to wake up everyday then YOU ARE NOT LIVING!” Life is too short, let’s make it our own. Only we can be the engine of change in our lives. Being open to the wonders around us and saying, “YES!” can help us go far. What are your thoughts on this? I’d love to hear because I also believe there is no “right” or “wrong” way to go about anything. That, to me, is the beauty of humanity.
I will leave you with this quote by Chuck Close,
I always felt like inspiration was for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain you aren’t going to make an awful lot of work.
Much, much, much love to all of you,
Mathew
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