Imagine going to a broadway show or concert and clapping once at the finale. Imagine seating before people who had performed anything at all be it singing, dancing, or reading a piece that resonated with you or even did not resonate with you, I know that you'll not just give one clap and seat back on your site, you will clap multiple times and even at some point you may even get to nod your head, put on a smile, jump or even shout while you clap right?
Now, this piece is not just about clapping on and on besides everybody claps so what's so special? (smiles) I know I have just painted a life scenario in the introductory part of this piece but then let me engage your mind a little, I need you to pause and think about this, how much would you clap in real life if a writer read their piece at a coffee house, concert, or conference? How much would you clap in real life setting if your favorite team won a show, a game, or a performance? How many times would you clap when now like you know your name that a particular presentation did not resonate with you? Think about it, you don’t want to be so cheap with your claps especially if you're seated close to someone who is doing so with so much enthusiasm besides they’re free!
You should clap away and support one another. Don’t just clap to clap, clap and clap! If gives this moral support.
Consider yourself standing there after a performance, you had done, knowing how much effort you have put into that and no one, I mean no one claps. It will not be a cool experience, right? For someone, you just feel the earth should open and swallow you up!
Life is more like a daily performance that we get to face, watch or see as we progress in age, life can be funny sometimes, yes we all know. You put in so much effort and in the end, you see little or no results. Many times people do not even want to have much to do with you really because to them they've not sent reasons to do so and if I may ask what are those reasons they are looking for? Results - I may be wrong though. They don't get to see your hard work, they don't get to see your frustrations, many rejections, and failures, they simply feel no need for congratulations, no need for a well done when there is nothing to push that out. Hence, you're left to yourself, by yourself to cheer yourself on, to clap back on, to encourage yourself all the more, to take that step again, to go through that process just another time, you're just left all by yourself.
You see no matter how much life hits you so badly don't quickly forget to clap back on, don't love the pity party show. Choose not to have that! Clap as much even when you may not want to until you get on track!
And of course, in a real sense, you Can Clap More Than Once, well now, since you know, Happy clapping!
