Somebody asked me the other day what makes Starbucks tick, what difference it makes over other coffee places ? And i say its the little things that makes the difference. The tiny small things that makes the moment you step in and the moment you spend over tick, connected. And these are the moments that tick :
Pay It Forward. When you do good to somebody, dont ask for recognition or even a thank you. Ask them to pass it on to the next person on the receiving list. A list we cant know in advance but just know the feeling’s right. Pass on the good vibes, the awesome vibrations and everything we love about our world to the next person. That’s what I call a chain letter.
When you give you begin receiving. Have the courage to embrace every emotion you have. Because you can only know happiness in others if you have it in you. Likewise, you can only know pain in others if you have pain in you. So today believe that we are all connected in some strange yet profound way to one another in an amazing family of humankind. Start imagining better, not of lofty dreams and fairy tales, but about how it is to walk a mile in another’s shoes. And when you do smile to the world, and give hope to the hopeless, a voice to those without one. Be the change you want to inspire in our world.
You Cant Stop the Beat. Some say listening to your ipod is an anti-social activity. But i like to say that those who cant hear the music will laugh at those who dance. Cos music is the soul of this life. Music makes you move, go the distance and dance to the rhythm of the challenges of life, not against it. And when all is synchronous like the cacaphony of the orchestra your life becomes a symphony moving towards greatness, awesome beyond measure. You cant stop the beat. Move with it.
Our most common mistake Is to judge too quickly. We often look at the reality of our world through our lenses and say this is absolute. But our map is never the territory. Each of us has our own GPS and compasses that points a thousand different degrees in difference. So today lets take the higher road , the one less travelled by not putting judgement in what we see. Lets just observe and perceive and pause the stop button. Nothing is ever good or bad but thinking makes it so. So today let’s stop thinking for a moment and appreciate the fullness of life and situations as it happens. And know that everything happens in its time.
Wonder why we have 2 ears and 1 mouth? So seek first to understand then be understood. And when you listen do you listen to prepare to answer a question, a rebuttal , a response? Or could you be still and listen to the moment, in full attention, awe and wonderment?
Its a small world after all. People want to do a many great things, and are consumed by that mental picture of greatness. But the world is actually made of the little things. The breathing in of the smell of roses, and the smile on your children’s faces,the feeling when you first could ride your bicycle, even the shit you pass from your system which has awesome satisfaction written all over it. So today, challenge yourself. Forget about the big things, the greatness that awaits, and foucs on the little things that make lifes meaningful. And you know, its the power behind the little things that makes our life truly great.
Youre the change youve been waiting for You realise that we look for change and ask for change everywhere we go often forgetting that change begins truly with us. So today be the change you want to see in your world, be the inspiration , be the motivation, get the earth shaking by shaking yourself first.Just Dance and the world will dance like nobody’s watching.
And to end if all off, my map is not your territory and all these are just suggestions or an expression of how we can change the world one coffee bean at a time. A coffee bean has the highest AQ(adversity quotient), cos when it is put in boiling water, it stays resilient and even gives a wonderful aroma. So the next time you go to starbucks, ask yourself how can you partake in making a better world and keep the spirit growing from tall, grande to venti….
Yes. this is an unofficial petition for Singapore Starbucks to start printing the THE WAY I SEE IT campaign on their coffee cups!
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