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An unbelievable story... Saturday Soul's billboard magic
plus.. our next event next week!
Kevin Hekmat
June 15, 2024
This is Wake Up, your weekend dose of inspiration to help you reset and recharge.
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IT’S STORY TIME… get ready to feel the Saturday Soul magic.
Last month, I asked everyone at Saturday Soul, “If you could write any message on the biggest billboard in the city, what would you write?"
You all wrote messages that came together as the Collective Wisdom poem. It was a beautiful moment.
Then, just five days later, a friend who wasn’t at Saturday Soul called me out of the blue and said
“Hey, this is random, but I’ve been seeing Saturday Soul videos and I love what you’re doing. Through my charity, we get to put different messages on a billboard in Times Square for a day. Would you want to put something up about Saturday Soul?”
I couldn’t believe it. Remember, he wasn’t at Saturday Soul and he had no idea that I’d just asked all of you that question… the universe was listening.
So, we put someone’s message on a billboard in Times Square!!!!
By the way, we still don’t know whose card this is. So if it’s yours, let me know and thank you for sharing your wisdom with the world :)
A soulful message for today
2,000 years ago, Seneca wrote these words when the fastest way to travel was on horseback:
“Do you suppose that you alone have had this experience? Are you surprised, as if it were a novelty, that after such long travel and so many changes of scene you have not been able to shake off the gloom and heaviness of your mind? You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.” — Seneca
Socrates had a similar thought, 500 years earlier:
“Why do you wonder that globe-trotting does not help you, seeing that you always take yourself with you? The reason which set you wandering is ever at your heels. What pleasure is there in seeing new lands? Or in surveying cities and spots of interest? All your bustle is useless. Do you ask why such flight does not help you? It is because you flee along with yourself. You must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you.”
These timeless words hit home: “It is because you flee along with yourself…”
We often think our world is so different now, that we live in a unique time with problems unlike any before.
But TWO THOUSAND years ago, people faced the same struggles. While the world around us has changed, our fundamental challenges remain the same. Maybe the solution isn’t in new technology or groundbreaking innovations. Perhaps we already have the answers within us. We just need to slow down and pay attention.
Two quotes to take you higher
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
“This is the real secret of life— to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now— and instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
A meditation for you
Take a long, slow, deep breath in…
How can I be a blessing for someone else today?
Whether big or small,
what if for just one moment,
through my words, or my actions,
I became a gift in someone else’s story?
Exhale.
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Much love,
Kevin 🫶
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