Alexandra Johnson explains why talent show performances move her to tears: they show people claiming their desires and receiving support. She connects this to Joseph Campbell's hero's journey and argues that saying yes to your wishes activates invisible forces that lead to magic.
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All right, so I have been watching America's Got Talent, also Britain's Got Talent. My kids were looking for something with magic. Anyways, we ended up watching a few of these videos, and I cry almost in every single one of these videos. And I just keep talking to my kids, and I'm like, look at this devotion, look at this commitment, like, look at all these wishes coming true, look at these people self-expressing. Expression. Look at how they are lit up when they're doing something that they love to do. And so I'm not a big TV person. I don't own a TV. I don't, I don't usually do these things, but I have been like, literally my kids are making fun of me because I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm crying, I'm crying. Some janitor like has never had, you know, he wanted to be a singer and he sings this incredible song and it just is beautiful to see his wish coming true. So for me, these videos— and I'll share a couple of them, you can watch them if you'd like— but just for me, there's just this common humanity that we all have wishes, we all have these desires. And to see these people getting on stage and claiming their desires, and you see the people supporting them, the audience, and you can connect to their hero and heroine's journey. Like you can just feel it viscerally. And I think that calls to all of us. So one of the things that I'm so excited about in this Create Your Wish Masterclass that we're doing is to give all of us permission to say yes, say yes to whatever it is that wish is. And then as Joseph Campbell so beautifully says, when we say yes, when we move from the known into the unknown, when we follow our bliss, Magic happens. There is invisible hands that come and support us. Yes, we may have fiascos going for our wishes, absolutely, but there is magic, there is bliss, there are hidden hands. Phil Stutz calls it higher forces. When we have the courage to step out and say yes to the small and to the big wishes, higher forces come in to support us. So, that is what this Create Your Wish Masterclass is all about. This is what initiation is in the Goddess journey. It's that devotion that you will keep saying "yes" to yourself day in and day out. So, keep going for it! Stay strong! You've got this!
