The Power of Taking Initiative

"Don't wait for your ship to come in; swim out to it." — Unknown

Last night we had a surprise visit from our dear friends Terry and Eloa. They were in the city for the evening so they honored us by giving us a call and hanging out with us (very cool). Terry and Eloa are the kind of people who you can not see for a long time but after being with them for five minutes you feel like you've never been apart. Anyway, can't say enough good about these two.

Terry and Eloa told us a great story about why they were in Winnipeg. It seems that their 14 year old daughter Kelly Ann wanted to (last minute) go to a concert for a favorite band of hers called Boys Like Girls. So she tried calling Ticketmaster but the concert was sold out. Then she looked at eBay and there was nothing there. Her friend and her still did not give up. With only a few hours before the concert, they called a local radio station and asked them if perchance they had any tickets left over for the concert. They called her back and said, yes, actually they had two, did she want them? Here's where Terry heard loud screaming and realized that he would be coming to the city after all! When they drove the girls to the radio station headquarters to pick up the tickets, another surprise awaited: "Would you like to come in and meet the band?" asked the radio host. You can imagine two teenage girls' reaction to this! So Terry took them up to meet the band and the girls now not only got to go to the concert (for free) but they also got to meet one of 103 FM's most popular radio hosts and meet the band members themselves! All of this because Kelly Ann wouldn't give up in trying to find a way to get to the concert.

This is the power of initiative. You never know what you will get unless you try/ask! Kelly Ann, even in the face of unlikely odds, chose to try another way and was rewarded for it. My hat is off to this girl, her story inspires me. Too often we convince ourselves that there is no way to get what we want and we give up. What do you need to not give up on today? What do you need to find another way for?

May Light increase!