{"id":7105,"date":"2018-01-25T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2018-01-21T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:16:10","slug":"brad-yates-inspires-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/brad-yates-inspires-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Yates Inspires Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Note from Marlene<\/strong>: I have been helped and inspired by Brad Yates and his Tapping Videos. I hope you enjoy reading about his New Year\u2019s Eve experience in Paris.<\/p>\n

Guest Blogger Brad Yates: Walking with a blind man<\/h4>\n

From time to time we hear stories \u2013 or see videos \u2013 of differently-abled people doing remarkable things.\u00a0 We may find these stories to be inspiring\u2026 and sometimes we might even find them challenging, as we confront how we may have allowed lesser hurdles than theirs to limit our lives.\u00a0 We can allow ourselves to be shamed by these, or let them serve as wake-up calls to stop making excuses.\u00a0 Naturally, I\u2019d guide folks towards the second option.<\/p>\n

Most of the time, these stories come into our awareness in a fleeting way, and not a personal one.\u00a0 More often, it\u2019s someone we don\u2019t know and will likely never meet, making it less likely to stick.<\/p>\n

Our 2017 ended with an up-close-and-personal encounter. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

My family and I spent the holidays in Europe, where I did workshops in London, Dublin, Prague and Paris.\u00a0 It was a fantastic trip, filled with wonderful experiences, many of which involved meeting fantastic people.\u00a0 This is one of them\u2026<\/p>\n

We had chosen to be in Paris on New Year\u2019s Eve, and decided to check out the Main Attraction \u2013 the celebration on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.\u00a0We had taken a boat tour along the Seine, and returned to the Eiffel Tower just after sunset, arriving just in time for the spectacular hourly light show.\u00a0 From there we walked up to the Arc de Triomphe.\u00a0 It was still early, and people were just starting to gather.\u00a0The roads were starting to close, and there were heavily armed and armored police \u2013 which was both intimidating and reassuring.\u00a0The Arc was lit up with test patterns for the light show that would take place just before midnight.<\/p>\n

It looked like it was going to be quite an event \u2026 but it also looked like it would be very crowded \u2026 and it was raining \u2026 and we all agreed that we\u2019d rather head home and watch it on TV while sipping champagne, which we wouldn\u2019t be able to do there.<\/p>\n

So we headed down into the nearest metro station, which was packed.\u00a0We noticed a woman holding the arm of a blind gentleman in his late-twenties, who made his way past us up to the glass doors at the edge of the platform as his guide disappeared, apparently having only been there to help him get to this point.<\/p>\n

My French isn\u2019t great, but I could tell he was asking for some assistance.\u00a0I don\u2019t recall which of us explained that we didn\u2019t understand, but he quickly responded in English. (We would later discover that he spoke five or six languages fluently!).\u00a0 He explained that the glass doors in this station made him nervous, and was hoping for some assistance when the train arrived and they opened.\u00a0The crowd in the station would make lots of folks nervous, even if they could see everything going on.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long before a train came \u2026 and passed us by.\u00a0Then another\u2026 and another.\u00a0Then there was an announcement on the loudspeaker, and people started leaving the platform.\u00a0Our new friend explained that this line was being closed at this station.\u00a0He asked where we were going, and when we told him, he suggested a different line that also stopped at this station, and where to take that to get to another line to get to our desired destination.\u00a0Even though he had never seen a metro map, he knew the different lines, where they stopped and where they connected. The alternate line he suggested would also take him in the right direction, so he latched onto Christy\u2019s arm and suggested we head to that platform.<\/p>\n

Not long after we got there, there was another announcement, and people again started leaving.\u00a0The whole station was being shut down.\u00a0Our new friend said there was another station further down the road \u2013 at the Place de la Concorde, where we could find a train we needed.\u00a0Although he was on my wife\u2019s arm, he was the guide to the clueless tourists.\u00a0A very different take on \u201cthe blind leading the blind.\u201d<\/p>\n

As we walked along the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, we learned that our new friend was named Hossein, and was from Iran.\u00a0He was very friendly and charming and asked a little about each of us.\u00a0When we said we were from California, he mentioned he hoped to go there someday and we\u2019d find him swimming in the rivers.\u00a0He said he loved to swim \u2013 \u201cfaster than a fish\u201d – and had competed in tournaments.<\/p>\n

I was impressed.\u00a0Far from feeling limited by his lack of sight, here was a young man who had studied engineering, was traveling the world, learning languages, getting to know people, doing things that could intimidate lots of sighted people (like going into crowded metro stations), figuring out complicated metro map\u2026 and apparently really living a full life.<\/p>\n

He also wasn\u2019t afraid to ask for help \u2013 something so many of us struggle with.\u00a0Obviously, it was something of a necessity, which may be why he had learned to do it so matter-of-factly and pleasantly.<\/p>\n

Eventually we arrived at the next station, and he insisted we leave him at a certain spot, as we would be going on different trains.\u00a0He warmly shook hands with my son and me, and kissed my wife and daughter\u2019s hands.\u00a0Then began gently saying, \u201cExcusez-moi\u2026,\u201d looking for the next person who could help navigate the way to the platform.\u00a0We felt comfortable leaving when a Metro staff member came to assist him.<\/p>\n

It was a really lovely way to put 2017 to bed, and we were all touched by the experience.\u00a0 It is my intention that his example of not making excuses will continue to inspire me in this New Year.\u00a0 I hope it might do the same for you as well. You deserve a great life.<\/p>\n

Note from Marlene<\/strong>: Are you waiting to write? What\u2019s holding you back? If you can envision it, you can do it, especially with inspiration from Tapping with Brad Yates.<\/p>\n

Brad Yates<\/a> is known internationally for his creative and often humorous use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Brad is the author of the best-selling children’s book “The Wizard’s Wish<\/a>,” the co-author of the best-seller “Freedom at Your Fingertips<\/a>,” and a featured expert in the film \u201cThe Tapping Solution<\/a>,\u201d He has also been a presenter at a number of events, including Jack Canfield’s Breakthrough to Success, has done teleseminars with \u201cThe Secret\u201d stars Bob Doyle and Dr. Joe Vitale, and has been heard internationally on a number of internet radio talk shows.\u00a0 Brad also has well over 700 videos on YouTube that have been viewed over 19 million times, and is a contributing expert on the Huffington Post.<\/p>\n

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