Watching Elf with his kids made the speaker think about how adults lose their childlike honesty and joy to social pressure. Characters like Buddy the Elf work because they're genuinely themselves, not performing. He says to smile more and let your inner kid out.
Good morning, everyone. Here's your moment of yes for today. Happy Friday. Well, last night I finally got to watch Elf with the kids, which is by far at this point now my favorite holiday movie with Will Ferrell as Elf. And it got me thinking about what is it about Elf besides just being funny, which, which I enjoy so much. And I think it boils down to is I think most of us resonate with, with the innocence, with the, with the childlike innocence and just the genuine authenticity that, that his character, that Buddy the Elf, shows up as. And not being jaded, not, not playing the game, not getting caught up in how you're supposed to act, but just being so truly and innocent, authentic to who you are. And really, how beautiful. Yeah. that is, and funny obviously in a movie like that. Think of Tom Hanks in Big and other films like that where actors are playing that childlike innocence in a quote-unquote adult world. And it just got me thinking how I think we all resonate with that because in each of us we still have that. We all know that the adult mature game is just, it's just a load of BS, that it's, it's, it's not It's actually not what's real. It's the game. It's the inauthenticity. It's the make-believe that we're all playing. And when someone shows up so truly authentic and innocent and honest and courageous to be who they are, we celebrate that and we're attracted to that and we embrace that because we so yearn and desire to express more of that ourselves. And so I'm just loving Elf, you know, smiling. Smiling is my favorite as well. And I could quote the whole movie right now, but that wouldn't be very fun. Francisco. That's fun to say. That's your moment of yes for today, everyone. Have a great day.
