"We were made to be awesome."

I recently included one of my favorite poems, "The Road Not Taken", in a post as it fit so well with what I was thinking and feeling that day.  And then along comes, Kid President, and he has his own amazing interpretation of that poem: “Two roads diverged in the woods; and I took the one less traveled….And it HURT, man…(really bad)!! …  NOT COOL, Robert Frost!”  But he then says, “but what if there really were two paths?? … I want to be on the one that leads to awesome!”

If you're on Facebook, I'm sure you've seen the video pop up in your News Feed.  And, if you're like me,  maybe it took you a few days to take a look...or, perhaps you haven't seen it yet at all.  But I urge you to take a few short minutes to listen to what Kid President has to say.  There are just too many beautiful words and thoughts that this little boy so genuinely delivers to us, so I’m including the YouTube link here as this is something I think everyone should see at least once.  I agree with Kid President, “I think we all need a pep talk…”  

Just click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch

As Kid President so matter-of-factly explains, “This is life people.  You got air comin’ through your nose.  You got a heartbeat.  That means it’s time to do somethin’!”  Now if that isn’t a slice of encouragement, perhaps this says it better: “What will be your Space Jam? What will you create that will make the world awesome?”

At nine years old, Robby Novak manages to give us all what is most likely the greatest (or one of the greatest!) pep talks of our lives in just three and a half minutes of encouraging monologue.  As the self-appointed voice of a generation, he is an amazing speaker; so emotive in his delivery that he just shines through the screen into our homes (or wherever we may be) and makes our hearts smile with hope.  He reminds us of things we should think about more often (specifically being awesome and giving people a reason to dance) and he challenges us to simply be better.  With more than 8 million views on his video, this lil man has spread his thoughtfulness far and wide and something tells me this isn’t the last we’ll see of him.

So let’s all get out there and make a difference.  Let’s try to be more awesome.  I don’t know what that will mean for each of you; but I'm going to take it one day at a time.  I'm going to keep writing and keep working on my photography.  I'm going to keep smiling and dreaming and loving...I'm going to keep floating. But if I’m having an off day, I’m going to think of Kid President and remember to “get a dream and keep going. Keep going and keep going…we got work to do.  We can cry about it or we can dance about it.  We were made to be awesome…”

(I think I'm going to dance some more too!)