{"id":420,"date":"2013-02-01T11:17:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T16:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanbrooker.com\/?p=231"},"modified":"2013-04-19T03:53:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T03:53:53","slug":"what-will-be-your-space-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonathanbrooker.com\/2013\/what-will-be-your-space-jam","title":{"rendered":"What Will Be Your Space Jam?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a video that I first saw this past Sunday. In fact, we ended up showing it later that night in our youth service. It\u2019s an incredibly heart-warming and laugh out loud pep talk you won\u2019t want to miss. If you haven\u2019t seen it yet, seriously, take a second to go here<\/a> and watch it and then come back. We\u2019ll wait for you. No worries!<\/p>\n

There were so many great points in that pep talk, but I want to concentrate on one. It was one of the laugh out loud moments for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will be your Space Jam?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"SpaceJam\"<\/a>I mean, Space Jam<\/em> was hardly what we were expecting to hear there. When it comes to Michael Jordan, I guess I was anticipating something about…I dunno…his remarkable basketball career!! Apparently that mid-90\u2019s movie meant a lot to this boy who hadn\u2019t even been born when it was produced.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what\u2019s kind of funny about it. Space Jam<\/em> wasn\u2019t Michael Jordan\u2019s most glowing achievement. It wasn\u2019t what he\u2019d be most known for. But it mattered to someone. It made a difference and impacted someone. And that someone is encouraging and challenging more and more people every day as the play count rises.<\/p>\n

What it shows us is that what we may be wrong in our assumptions. I think most of us figure that the big things are what matter most. That our biggest achievements will be the only significant ones. It\u2019s like we\u2019re playing king of the hill. We\u2019re going after that one thing that\u2019s going to get us on top where everyone (or maybe just the right ones) can see us and what we\u2019ve done and appreciate us.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it\u2019s not so simple. Maybe we need the side projects in our lives. I know many of my blog\u2019s readers come from some incredibly varied backgrounds. I realize that we have diverse jobs and hobbies. Some of us have a habit of downplaying what we do for either of those. We feel what we do is somehow insignificant. It\u2019s not that <\/i>important.<\/p>\n

Nonsense! We\u2019re adding flavor to this world. We\u2019re trying new things. We\u2019re improving old things. We\u2019re expressing thoughts and emotions. We\u2019re creating. We\u2019re crafting. We\u2019re at least trying. Maybe what we\u2019re doing won\u2019t make us famous. But maybe it will bring happiness to our lives and even to a few others. That\u2019s good, right?<\/p>\n

So what will be your Space Jam<\/em>? What will be your small thing that you do that will potentially impact others? Don\u2019t be ashamed of it. Enjoy what you\u2019re doing and smile because you are making the world more awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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