I have spent the entire weekend watching photos from Wizard World. The photos have been amazing, funny and everything you can expect from a goofball and his fans.
But today people have posted also their experiences in writing or by videos and in every single one the message is the same: Tom is clearly honestly deeply touched by the things he inspires people to do. No matter if it’s being just a better person or pursuing a dream, he is in awe when people tell him that he has been the inspiration behind it.
And again not even one word about anything else but that he is humble, kind and considerate but also occasionally a cheeky flirt.
Being all of that is what we all should strive for: being a good person, honest and considerate of others. It doesn’t mean you should try to shut your emotions away and pretend that everything is ok when it’s not. It means that there is time and place for showing also your not so pretty parts (figuratively speaking), the annoyance over something or if you’ve had a louzy day, and it is not to blur it all on people who didn’t cause it and who don’t deserve it. Everyone has bad days, sure, but being positive and considerate is a conscious choice you make.
This is why I respect Tom so much. He has said it himself too that positivity is a choice he makes and I agree on that.
And that is what he has inspired me to do.
You live the life you make for yourself and you must make a conscious decision on what do you want your life to be. It is not about the money or your occupation or if you like to go to work or not. Those things help, yes, but more important is how you view the world around you and how you interact with it. If you think that nothing good ever happens to you and you are always going to be in the shadows when everyone else is in the limelight – then that is the life you are going to have. Or if you think that life just happens to you and there’s nothing you can do to it – then that is exactly what happens.
Positive attitude doesn’t mean being naiive or not standing up for yourself. It is about making conscious choices about life and how you want to live it and being considerate to others. You can never please everyone and that is not even the point. You can’t make other people think what you want them to think. You can only make choices on what do you think. You are the only one person in the world who can do that. It is also not about making easy choices but about making the right ones.
And this is where I come to another inspiration from Tom I hold dear: “We all have two lives. The second one begins when you realize that you only have one life to live.” That is what making conscious choices about life is all about. Living the one life you have to the fullest and the way you want to live it. Usually making it happen is not easy and you might have to make big decisions and also difficult choices – the ones that are not easy but right ones.
Life just doesn’t happen to you, unless you let it.
I stumbled upon this post I wrote this a while before this fandom changed for good. I’m very happy to say that for me all the things I wrote then are as true today as they were then. He is such a great person and I’m proud to be his fan.
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