Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary for this week's Monday moments.

We create them to help start your week on fire with a quick burst of inspiration.

Angela Monet once wrote that those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.

A few years ago, my kids and I were seen as being quite insane. Let me explain. We were on the St. Louis

Metro link headed into the city.

The train was full of fellow passengers, some with their eyes shut, others blankly staring,

and the rest just waiting to exit.

Then there were my kids.

They absolutely beamed and pointed out every landmark past, tunnel traveled through, and bridge crossed.

It was, after all, their first time on a train.

My friends, do you remember that feeling when you did something for the first time?

Maybe it was the first day at a new job, your first time behind the wheel, or even your first kiss.

It was likely awkward, maybe scary, but I bet it remains perfectly

ingrained in your memory, because in that moment you were totally alive. But then came the

second day at the job, the second time stuck in traffic, the second kiss, and then the third.

The more we experience events, the easier it is

to take them for granted. That's why it's so important to look more closely. The joy and

excitement did not leave you. You left it. You stopped seeing the beauty of each day at the office,

each drive and each kiss.

Yet there's some good news.

The music still plays.

Choose today to hear the music, to get out of your seat, to get back onto the dance floor.

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