mortgage broker
Merchant Services
Jennifer Belik
What a Feeling!
Just the other day, one of my favourite songs came on the radio from the Flashdance
soundtrack: “What a Feeling” by Irene Cara. I found myself singing happily along at
the top of my lungs while I drove. And as I belted out the line “Take your passion and
make it happen,” I found my mind turning to a conversation that I had earlier that day
with my son.
My son is 16 and is addicted to YouTube. He and his friends compete to find the most interesting, funny
and/or horrifying videos to pass along. Among his favourite videos are the ones that cover snippets from
shows such as, “America’s Got Talent” and others that promote people of all ages and walks of life, showing
off what they can do. On this particular afternoon he caught me on the way to the coffee pot with a huge grin
and a new find.
It was a fun video, but what stuck with me was my son’s admiring comment: “Now that’s how you win!” I
agreed and told him that you had to take your hat off to the contestant. That it takes great courage to put it
all out there and expose yourself to possible criticism. There is
nothing quite as attractive as that confidence that simply reaches
out to us in the audience and invites us to join in their enjoyment
and the thrill of the performance.
Lately we have all been encouraged to embrace ‘an attitude of
gratitude’ and I’m going to take this one step further. Let’s give
ourselves the gift of recognizing a time each day when we can
step back from distractions and make the choice to be 100% in
that moment. A moment that we can look back on and think,
“What a feeling!”
Merchant Services
JENNIFER BELIK
KIS Payments
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Mobile: 807-371-2000
www.kispayments.com
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As I sang in the car and recalled how much my son and I enjoyed
our shared few minutes, I had a small epiphany. Here were a
couple of times when I was genuinely living in the moment. That
it’s the moments we choose to give all of our attention to, big or
small, that stay with us. I absolutely relish that ‘click’ we all feel
deep inside when we truly connect with others, both personally
and in our business, and get to share our passion. There’s no other
feeling quite like it!