I snapped this picture at the local U.S. Post Office. The question is: who exactly said that they are the “official shipper of the holidays?”
The answer, of course, is: they did
By deciding something and saying it out loud, you give yourself a shot at becoming that thing. There’s no consecration process. No one anoints your idea. No one adjudicates on making your dream official. There’s no judge and jury whose permission you need.
You just commit, and then you follow through like crazy.
That’s when it becomes real, not before.
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p.s. There’s also a way to do this on the back-end, by naming what you’ve done in a way that empowers your tribe. For example, I’d noticed a month ago that I had cell coverage inside my local subway station, but it was only today, when I saw the sign from AT&T telling me that this was one of 6 stations with in-station coverage, that I was handed a story I can share.
p.p.s. this isn’t a post about the US Postal Service, which is struggling mightily, or even about the strange sign which seems more like a plea than anything.
