{"id":1174,"date":"2013-03-26T15:46:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T22:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redshoezone.ca\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2025-12-22T01:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T09:33:48","slug":"enthusiam-on-comeback-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohmywordjournal.com\/redshoezone\/enthusiam-on-comeback-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Enthusiasm on comeback trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The on-air banter of the radio hosts caught my attention.<br \/>\n<strong>Host 1<\/strong>: \u201cA new study has found that enthusiasm is back in style.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Host 2:<\/strong> (incredulous) \u201cReally?\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Host 1:<\/strong> \u201cUh huh\u2026 seems that for a number of years it\u2019s been uncool to be enthusiastic\u2026a low key, indifferent approach to life, displaying minimum emotion has been considered cool but that\u2019s all changing according to this study.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> WHAT???!! ENTHUSIASM OUT OF STYLE?<br \/>\nI\u2019m not yelling I\u2019m\u2026well\u2026enthusiastic.<\/p>\n<p>We expect fashion trends to go in and out\u2026.pants skinny to wide, shoes high to low, hair long to short but\u2026.. enthusiasm\u2026..out? I guess the good news is that it\u2019s back in! Especially for someone like me who has been referred to as enthusiastic as long as I can remember. <em>Whewwwww.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I was not thrilled with the enthusiastic descriptor in high school and as a young 20 something\u2026it made me feel like Polly Anna after too much coffee. But later, I loved it. It said\u2026she\u2019s passionate, excited, fully committed, on board. Enthusiasm to me is a display of Life. It\u2019s a throw your whole self into it kinda\u2019 thing. I don\u2019t know if the radio hosts were serious because I did try to find the study they referred to and couldn\u2019t but they are not known for punking their audience so I have to believe such a study does exist.<\/p>\n<p>As I consider the concept of enthusiasm being out of style\u2026.I wonder\u2026how long was it an outcast?<br \/>\nMy mind can\u2019t help but meander back to a time about 15 years ago when the style in television drama was to underplay everything and I mean everything. Remember The X Files? I think they may have initiated the trend. I was an actor then working out of Vancouver where the X files was shot. The 2 leads David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson typified the style &#8211; not showing any emotion and hardly opening their mouths as they talked. It broke new ground for television. I remember reading for producers time after time and hearing, \u201cUUmmm\u2026can you bring it down and not show us quite so much emotion?\u201d BUT \u2026wait\u2026.I\u2019m playing a mother whose family has mysteriously vanished without a trace\u2026and you want NO emotion? Incredulous, I would look at those producers and think\u2026<em>seriously<\/em>? OK\u2026To each his own but I\u2019m thinking a situation like this calls for some emotion. I was never cast in those roles.<br \/>\nThere is no question The X Files was considered a cool show in its\u2019 time. Maybe that\u2019s where the down swing for enthusiasm began.<\/p>\n<p>I just checked with Miriam Webster, the definition of enthusiasm is: a) strong excitement of feeling. Maybe we could aim to be more enthusiastic as we age. It goes along with the commitment to lifelong learning that washes us with a radiant, youthful glow and uncovering our purpose that inspires us to jump out of bed in the morning.<br \/>\nFor now I\u2019m just excited that enthusiasm has made a return and is considered\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. cool!<br \/>\n<strong>Me:<\/strong> Yahooooooooo!<br \/>\n\u201cNobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.\u201d Samuel Ullman<\/p>\n<h2>reACTION [to change in the response to stimulus]: Enthusiasm<\/h2>\n<p>Found this piece\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedmotivation.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/10-ways-to-have-amazing-enthusiasm\/\">10 ways to have amazing enthusiasm<\/a>. \u2026..thought it was worth a look.<br \/>\nThoughts to ponder\u2026.<br \/>\n\u201cEnthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait.\u201d Henry Ford<br \/>\n\u201cIf you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind\u201d. Norman Vincent Peale<br \/>\n\u201cIt&#8217;s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.\u201d Oliver Wendell Holmes<br \/>\n\u201cEnthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation and a pinch of creativity.\u201d Bo Bennnett<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The on-air banter of the radio hosts caught my attention. 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