Change the world with cookies

Let's be honest...

Inspiration comes in unexpected places.

I found some inspiration this week when I wasn't really expecting it. We were watching the movie "Stranger than Fiction" starring Will Farrell, and I learned a really cool lesson. Or rather, I found a great way to express myself in what I hope to accomplish in life.

There is a scene with maggie gyllenhaal's character where they are eating cookies. She is explaining how she got started as a baker. It was surprising because of the rebellious nature of her character, but she explained how she was attending Harvard Law School at the time. She enjoyed baking, and would spend time preparing snacks for the other students in her law study groups. She enjoyed it so much that she started looking for more and more recipes and spent less time studying than baking. Many more people started showing up for the study sessions. After a while, she was left with multiple books full of recipes, and a "D" average in school. That's when she said she realized that she wasn't going to change the world by becoming the next great lawyer, but that she could change the world with cookies. 

 

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Change the world with cookies.

For some reason, that resonated with me all night. Some people are meant to be world leaders and politicians, some scientists and doctors, others are simply meant to improve the lives of those around them by whatever means possible. 

Change the world with cookies.

As I enter the world of advertising, there are many things I'd like to accomplish. Even if I never find the cure to cancer or win the Nobel Peace Prize, there are still many things I can do. I can change the world. My "cookies" may be bringing laughter and happiness to other people. To create things that enlighten the lives of others. Advertising has a reputation of being unethical, but I feel like that is only in the eyes of the beholder. It can be done in an effective and worthwhile way. I'm going to change the world...one cookie at a time?

Here's the link for the video if it doesn't work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rCmX-TAl1w&feature=related

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