Happy Freedom Friday Friend!

Let me share a quick story with you, because it’s something that really hit home for me this week—and I think you’ll see why.

The other night, I took my sons to a concert.

My 2 older boys had pit passes but my youngest son

Kashton and I were in the nosebleed section.

You know the feeling—close enough to hear the music, but far enough that you feel disconnected from the action.

As we looked down at the pit area, where the energy was, I thought: Why not try to get closer?

I noticed that there was a big open area behind the pit that hardly anyone was standing in.

We slyly walked down to the front, hoping to not catch too much attention, and stood behind the fence behind the pit.

As we were enjoying the opening bands, a security guard started to walk over to us.

“Uh oh,” I thought, “I hope she doesn’t kick us out of here.”

Thankfully, she just asked us if we knew the name of the band that was taking the stage.

I told her I thought it was the headliner, as we’d already had one opening act.

She thanked me and returned back a few minutes later…

“This is actually a 2nd opening act called Ol 60,” she said.

“Oh, thanks so much for telling us that!” i replied.

I started asking her about her experience working at concerts and how cool it must be.

Her face lit up like a Christmas tree and smiled as she shared more about her love of music and how awesome it was that we are getting so many more big name talents coming to our local area.

We had a great chat and at one point, I mentioned that my 2 oldest boys were in the pit and that my youngest son and I were so happy to be standing there close to the action.

She leaned into me and said, almost in a whisper, “Hey, would you 2 like to be in the pit?”

“Heck yeah, if we could,” I said.

“Let me see your hands,” & then strapped 2 VIP wristbands on our hands.

I said “Wow, you’re the coolest person in the world! Thank you SOOOO much.”

When I looked over at Kashton, I saw a HUGE smile spreading across his face.

This was such a great reminder to me that —a simple shift in how you show up can completely change your situation.

“Pleasing personality,” I told my son. “That’s the principle that got us these pit passes.”