amazing wednesdays
I was told Wednesday evening by a total stranger that I was “amazing.” The context and content of the conversation are entirely irrelevant, but I thanked her kindly for the compliment, and then got to thinking about the word itself.
What is amazing?
According to Webster, “amazing” is an adjective, meaning “causing amazement, great wonder, or surprise.” Wikipedia gives several song titles among other items as uses of “amazing,” and searching Google generates approximately 270,000,000 results. So, although “amazing” can be used in a multitude of contexts, it seems that the prevailing majority of its uses resonate a certain kind of positivity.
So, where am I headed with this? Well, in honor of the glorious and entirely unexpected compliment I was given, I am declaring every Wednesday from here on out “Amazing Wednesday.” In the past, Wednesday has been known as “Neutral Wednesday,” and Tuesday sometimes called “Positive Tuesday,” but that’s all about to change.
Amazing Wednesday:
Every week I will do one of the following and make a post about it here on Wednesday through some kind of documentation: photo, video, writing, etc.
o Make note of one positive event or point that happens to me in that day or during the week leading up to that particular Wednesday
o Pay the compliment I received forward and give someone else an equally positive compliment
o Be witness to something extremely positive, or read about and consider something positive occurring on a massive scale somewhere in the world
o Do something positive for someone else
Amazing Wednesday activities aren’t explicitly limited to those listed here, and can be entirely spontaneous. Actually, it’s probably better if they’re completely unplanned, since part of amazing’s definition is its surprising nature. And if I miss a Wednesday, well, I miss a Wednesday and that’s that.
It is my new personal goal to bring a little more amazing to all the world, and a little more amazing to Wednesday! Who’s with me?