What's Your Party Bus look like?
We were running towards a bus stop, in downtown NYC. There was a bus already there and it started to pull away. We figured we would have to wait for the next one, but it must have seen us running, stopped and let us on. I remember my sister saying: That never happens!
This was around 2014 and I was with my husband and sister, having a wonderful time in my old stomping grounds. My second official teaching job was actually at the Chelsea Piers Equestrian Center back in the year 2000. After Sept. 11th, the facility was taken over by the mounted police. We were walking by it and admiring one of the painted horses that were scattered amongst the city at the time. I was relieved that the mounted police had a proper space to let their horses move around when off duty, in the big indoor and outdoor arenas.
Back to the unusual moment of the bus stopping for its hopeful passengers. As soon as we got on, we could sense the bus driver was clearly in a league of her own. She smiled big and us as we thanked her profusely. Her joyful energy was bigger than the entire bus!
As we sat down in amazement, a few minutes later, the bus driver stopped in another unusual way. She then proceeded to exit the bus and we all looked at each other like, WHAT is HAPPENING?
Another minute later, she popped right back on, waving her lottery ticket and said: “You’ve got to be IN IT to WIN IT.” Our smiles got even bigger!
She then started saying loudly what she would do if she won:
“If I win this thing, I’m going to have my own bus! It will have heating on one side and air conditioning on the other. And a disco ball! It will be a Party Bus! And ain’t nobody going to drive it but me!”
As we took in her words, while giggling with her excitement, I realized that she was already in her joyful state. Having more money would simply enhance her situation.
But my day was completely enhanced, simply by being on her bus.
At another point, she was making a sharp turn and must have seen the car opposite her have a worried look on his face. She stuck her head out the window and yelled loudly:
“Don’t worry honey, I’m a professional!”
That she was.
A professional at life, I might add.
How many bus drivers have you met that truly OWNED their energy and drove with such intention, such joy, and such awareness.
Below is the video I created, along with the ten lessons I learned from this.
Enjoy,
PS If you want to learn to activate this kind of fun energy and LET GO of things holding you back, check out these ten free videos here: https://www.inspiredriding.com/trust
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