Good morning and
welcome to Morning Serial.
Okay, good morning and
welcome to Wednesday.
And as we make the turn to the latter
half of this week, today
we are celebrating those
turns, those curves, if you will, right?
Today is National Curves Day, a day to
celebrate body positivity
and the beauty that comes
in all different shapes and sizes.
So consider it your midweek reminder to
be kind to others and
kind to yourself in the
mirror.
All right, well, our quote this morning
is from Swooner Bruno
Mars, who said, "You can't
knock on Opportunity's
door and not be ready."
So you gotta be ready, people, right?
Preparation meets opportunity.
That's where the magic happens.
All right, well, today's news, facts and
birthdays are for October
8th, starting back in 1871.
That's when the Great Chicago Fire, well,
it unfortunately killed
an estimated 300 people
and it destroyed four square miles of
buildings in downtown Chicago.
And interesting side note here, the fire,
it also destroyed the
original Emancipation
Proclamation document.
All right, well, skip it up to 1956.
On this date, the first
enclosed shopping mall in the US.
And where else could it open up at?
The Minneapolis
suburbs, the Southdale Mall.
Well, it opened up to keep
shoppers out of the cold.
Then in 1971, John Lennon, he released
his smash hit single,
Imagine, on this date.
And lastly, in 1990, this week, the
iconic Beverly Hills
90210 premiered, shaping teen
drama, well, for the rest of history.
Well, happy birthday to you.
Today is your birthday.
You share a birthday with singer
songwriter performer Bruno Mars.
He's 40 today.
Welcome to being over the hill, Bruno.
TV personality Nick Cannon, he's 45.
Actor and my good buddy
Matt Damon, he's 55 today.
And actress Sigourney
Weaver, she's 76 today.
And comedian, actor and everybody's
favorite Clark, Chevy
Chase, he's 82 today.
All right.
Well, the number one song on this date
back in 1984 was, Let's
Hear It For The Boys by
Denise Williams.
Now, this upbeat anthem is from the
Footloose soundtrack.
And if you remember, it was featured in
the scene where Kevin
Bacon's character, he's
trying to teach Christopher Penn's
character how to dance.
Well, the song was nominated for an
Academy Award for the best
original song, but it lost
out to Stevie Wonder's, I
Just Called To Say I Love You.
Great song.
Well, the song still hits a chord today,
making people dance and
smile nearly 40 years later.
Well, it's time to hear
from the girl herself.
It's Mel Robbins'
book, The Let Them Theory.
And in this sub chapter today, we're
going to talk about how
this works in real life.
And that's where Robbins is shifting from
theory to application.
And she reminds us that life isn't lived
in perfect phrases, but
in really messy moments,
right?
Let Them Theory works best when it's
applied to everyday scenarios, okay?
Friends canceling, kids ignoring advice,
coworkers missing deadlines.
And she walks through examples.
When a friend doesn't text back instead
of spiraling, you just
whisper, Let Them, right?
When a partner chooses differently than
you would hope they
would, you just say, Let Them.
Or here's another one.
When family members act
unpredictably, just let them.
Each choice lightens your load, okay?
Robbins writes, "When you practice in
small ways, you
prepare for the big ones."
So over time, this habit
rewires your response system.
Instead of reacting with stress, you
create a reflex of calm
acceptance, all right?
So she's quick to clarify that this
doesn't mean being passive.
That's not what it's about.
Real life application also
includes setting boundaries.
You can let someone be who they are and
still enforce what's
healthy for you, right?
Letting go doesn't mean
letting people walk all over you.
It means you stop walking
over yourself to control them.
Robbins encourages us to see it as a
practice of freedom.
What Robbins is doing is she's
encouraging us to see it
as a practice of freedom.
So every time you let go, you get a piece
of your freedom and your energy back.
Okay.
Here's your hump day takeaway.
In real life, the let them theory is both
simple and powerful.
Apply it daily and watch your peace grow.
All right.
Well, today, celebrate every curve you
have or you don't have for that matter.
And remember, that letting go is one of
the best ways to love yourself.
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