Newsletter:Awesomeness

When you think of someone who is awesome, who do you think of? Oprah, Nelson Mandela or your mother, best friend? How do you decide what awesomeness looks and feels like? Do you regard yourself as awesome?

I thought about who or what awesome is and remembered a very powerful moment in awesomeness that a child in India taught me.

India is a country with many poor people. Unfortunately, because of the poverty many kids start working at a very young age. When I was visiting my aunt in Delhi, there was a little girl who came everyday to clean the house. She would walk in with a big smile on her face singing the latest song from a movie. You could hear her moving around the house singing away.

Now she was a itty bitty little thing. I figured her to be around 12 years old. My aunt was very gentle with her and gave her the easy things to do. Vacuuming, watering plants, washing small dishes. The tougher jobs were given to her older brother who was around 17. At one point she was annoyed with my aunt. She came up to her and told her that she could do anything her older brother could. She was just short, nothing more. My aunt should at least try and give her a chance. So my aunt gave her a few tougher things and that little girl did it with gusto.

I was so impressed with her that at the end of my visit I decided to gift her some money. As I went to give it to her, she stared at me deep in my eyes and said, "NO, I DON'T WANT IT!" in a very loud voice. I was taken back. Who says no to free money? I realized at that moment I had offended her. I explained to her that I didn't see her as a poor, pathetic person who needed a hand out. I saw her as this awesome person who inspired me with the incredible work she did. I wanted to show that appreciation in addition to saying thank you. She looked into my eyes again to see if I meant it, and slowly accepted the money.

I asked her what she would do with the cash. She smiled and said that since her father had died her baby brother had become very thin. So she would buy him eggs everyday for the next few months to fatten him up. With that she smiled and continued cleaning the house with a song on her lips.

That's AWESOMENESS! That little being knew who she was and what she stood for. It came through in the incredible work she did and how she interacted with the world. You might say that she wasn't changing the whole world, just her little one.

Awesomeness is a way of being. Of knowing you and what you're about. Awesome is sharing your light with others through your beautiful smile. Be awesome today.

Best wishes,

Mona

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