Momentum
Looking at our problems it can seem quite impossible to even budge them, much less make a significant impact. Often momentum matters more than strength and persistence more than initial impact.
I heard about this being done when I was in high school. A teacher hung a bowling ball from the ceiling and told disbelieving students that he'd be able to make the ball swing with a ping pong ball. The story has stuck with me ever since and has been an inspiration to keep trying. The bowling ball in this video weighs 8 pounds, the ping pong ball roughly 0.006 pounds - a weight difference of over 1,333 times. Just as the laws of physics dictate that everything has momentum, everything that we do builds momentum. The question is whether or not the decisions that we make build momentum in the directions that we wish to go.
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Timothy Harper
Dude, that rocks! Very well done!
Roxy Cross
This is inspiring and gave me goosebumps! Two of my favorite things! Thanks and I'm passing it on to my peeps right this minute!!!
Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
Dude! That's so cool ... like watching Luke Skywalker galvanize the troops! ;-)
Kiley
Awesome presentation of a wonderful idea. Great production value as well!
Lynette
Marvelous! You remembered :)! You did a great job!
Holly Russell
That is so cool. This video would be a cool commercial. Did you compose the music for this? Beautiful.
Wendy
That was awesome! So true--we all make a difference in this life!
velda
Well done, Jeremy. :)