Learning to "Flip that Switch"

Last night I watched one of my favourite shows, The Big C, and it was hilarious and moving at the same time.

In the show, Paul was recruited as a motivational speaker to talk about his near death experience. When he was first called up on the stage he was very nervous and rambled on a bit before he found his groove allowing him to tell a moving story. He unexpectedly had the audience eating out of the palm of his hand. When he finished they applauded him and you could see the pride and surprise written all over Paul’s face.

As a result of his performance, he was asked back by the woman to open for her next show. Once that happened Paul believed he had to be something other than what he was. He thought he had to recreate his story. Make it bigger. So he worked with an assistant to develop a new image for himself.

He walked on stage and bombed because he was trying too hard to be a performer rather than being himself. He delivered a speech rather than telling his story. The audience was clearly bored with him because he came across as plastic. Not someone they could relate to. He used lots of jargon and jingles but none of it was him. Then the Universe interceded and caused him to have the beginnings of a heart attack on stage. So his assistant rushed onto the stage and jolted his heart causing Paul to collapse on stage.

The lights were dimmed and there was panic in the air until Paul said everything is all right. The light were turned back on. And Paul was different. Not cocky. Not confident. But more reflective. More authentic because after a scare like that something happens to our psyche. It goes into survival mode. All pretence goes. All of the superficial goes. Instead we become more thoughtful. More aware of the gift we call life. And how quickly everything can change.

This time when Paul spoke, he was more humble and he spoke from his heart. Bringing the audience into his inner circle. Talking authentically rather than artificially. And he basically told people that no matter what happens to them. No matter how horrible everything may seem. No matter how dark the days may be, it is up to them, to all of us, to just “Flip that Switch”.

And what he meant by that was each one of us has the ability to change our outlook on life. Each one of us carries the magic inside of us that can change the reality we are facing because we hold the key to shifting our consciousness. “Flip that switch” has stayed in my mind and I intend to use his words whenever I am feeling any negativity coming on. I also was reminded by Paul that whenever we are not our authentic selves no one wants to be in our space. When we are authentically who we are meant to be, people are attracted to us.

It is time for all of us to embrace the real us. And the good thing is we don’t have to wait until we are faced with a life and death situation before we embrace who we are. We have the ability everyday to  listen to what the real us wants and needs. And once we do, we can go out into the world as light and loving beings. Enabling us to deflect negative energy away from us because we will move beyond the ego and embrace love.

So everyone it is up to us to be authentic in order to be able to “flip that switch” to start living the life we are meant to live. I don’t know about you but today I intend to “Flip that Switch” as much as I can. 

Remembering that lessons come from the least expected places sometimes but when we are open to receiving them the Universe delivers all the time. Who would have thought a TV show would remind me that it is up to me to be who I am meant to be, get what I am meant to get simply by allowing myself to "Flip that Switch".