Friends of Dave #386: 🖍️ in living color 🎨
Live life in technicolor.
Very very busy week here so going to have to make this short.
I was reminded of something this week, Friends that I thought I should pass along:
About 20 minutes of the Wizard of Oz was filmed in sepia — the rest was in vibrant technicolor.
When it came out, it was a revelation.
Even today, when you think about that movie, you can’t help but remember the feeling you had when you saw the ruby red shoes, the yellow brick road, or the green Emerald City for the first time.
Face it — the movie and story would not be the same if it had been shot in black and white. Sure it would have been a much safer and easier bet to film, but even with the performances, the costumes, the singing and the dancing staying the same, it would not likely be the classic it is considered today.
It would be just another nearly century old movie from that time — boring, dated and forgettable.
Now think about your own life.
Are you going through the motions, living your day-to-day in monochrome?
Or are you choosing to see and live your life in technicolor?
Make sure you have some people who dream of being somewhere over the rainbow from time to time in your life.
They may be hard to manage or even exhausting at times, but they are also the ones who make the yellow brick road a lot more interesting to follow….and a hell of a lot more memorable….😉
XOXO
Dave
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