Hungry

Today's Thought comes from the great mind of the late Steve Jobs. While this isn't his most popular quote, I do believe it speaks strongly to folks of my age. It's so easy to get caught up in trying to do things by the book, get the A+, get a good job that we forget what it's like to be hungry and foolish.

At the beginning of my summer, I thought back to another great summer experience: attending Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) through FFA in Washington DC. What made WLC such a great experience? What made it fun? In the end, I came down to two points: 1) I had no expectations and 2) I had a desire to prove myself. In short, I was hungry to show what I was all about, I wanted to prove my worth.

Think back to one of your best experiences in your life. What made it so great? I'd venture a guess that you too had this sense of hunger to prove yourself. Or maybe it was on the other side of the spectrum. Maybe you just didn't care what people thought of you. You found a way to stay foolish. So don't worry so much about what's supposed to happen. Don't worry about following the path. Maintain that sense of hunger. Stay foolish.

Origins

Today's Thought is courtesy of the wonderful writer, Bill Watterson.  Mr. Watterson is most well known for his comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes.  I must say, I thoroughly enjoy the biting sense of humor he brings to life, perhaps because of it's similarity to my own sense of humor.  This post isn't about meta-physical quandaries or creation versus big bang debates.  Rather, it is about the origins of this blog.

Everything comes from some inspiration, including this blog.  For this I raise my glass to two fine young people at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.  At some point in the spring semester these two individuals (up to no good, I assure you) decided that my antics warranted a hashtag.  Thus, #loL was born.  I was informed that this stands for 'Life of Lammers'.  I initially dismissed this, but the more I thought about it, why not?  I suppose once that hashtag was created, it was only a matter of time before I started this blog.  I mean, how many times can you put up with Twitter thinking I was 'Laugh out Loud' and not 'Life of Lammers'?

All of this is due to those two friends who love life just a little too much sometimes.  What is your origin story?  Perhaps you too have had a friend or two that just put you over the edge into something wonderful.  And if you haven't, I encourage you to look for ways you can jump out.  Take a chance on a crazy idea, who knows, maybe you'll end up writing a blog with your very own hashtag.