Where Is the Love?

Something dawned on me over the last couple of days. Yesterday, as we all know it, was April fools' day. And from the incredibly bad attempts at playing a joke to some pretty slick ones, I was thoroughly entertained throughout the day. Some time during the morning, I thought to myself: today wouldn't be complete if I didn't pull a couple of jokes. Given my immaturity and childish personality, I would be very upset at myself if I didn't end the day knowing I tricked a few people.

I remembered that a while back, I was watching a video of guy that I absolutely admire. I admire him for his personality, the way he carries himself. He suddenly got onto the topic of sending yourself emails. I know we all do it, whether it's transferring files or whatever. This guy made a suggestion to anyone that sends themselves emails to write a comment, something along the lines of: "you rock." So that later when you opened the email and read the comment, it would make you "teehee." I thought it was the funniest thing I had heard all day; but when I returned to think about this some time later, I found that what he said had so much merit.

Anyways, as I cave in and open my bottle of coke because I was craving it so badly, here's how it related to my April fools. I found a couple of really gullible people, and I decided to tell them something to make them really happy or excited. Of course, I had to find what the person liked in order to come up with a fake story - not a lie, an imaginary story. Haha. So, as a result, it worked. Even though eventually they found out I was just kidding, they would have to admit that throughout the day they were happy because they read what I wrote.

And then it expands even further! Bringing the email thing and the April fools together and the way I feel towards certain things at the moment, it could be something pretty cool... or creepy. In a lot of places that I'm looking, people seem so depressed! Prayer requests are all about how this suck and that sucks, people are driving like animals, and people rarely smile at the store. Everyone, especially students, are so not happy now, that it feels like if they could wake up and be told that they are super cool would brighten up a day by a ton. Maybe it's just me, but I'd think it'd make people friendlier. For me, I'm going to try to incorporate little subtle comments in all my emails or messages to lighten things up.

I feel like a lot of us just need a little love and a reminder that we live life as a community of fellowship and we're never on our own. So to whoever comes across this, just want to let you know that you're awesome for having taken the time out to read my blog!

Credits to the following that have contributed to the thoughts that materialized into this post:

• http://yourjoyologist.com/ - I recently discovered the thing of "joyology", and I think it's the most awesome job ever. This is a specific one I found, and by reading through some of the things on that site, it's pretty cool.
• 101.5 Cool Radio. - I listen to them every morning, and they're one of the better radio stations in Calgary. After a weekend of grey and depressive weather, the sun came out one morning. One of the hosts talked about how everyone will be so much friendlier that day because the sun was out. One of the better mornings I've had after listening to that.
• Sean [day9] Plott - The man that told everyone to tell ourselves how cool we are when we send ourselves emails. Definitely one of the classier people I have come to know.
• Dave Brotherton - One of my profs that said we should wake up every morning with the attitude of "I woke up today because God wants to tell me something cool."