The mix of blue/gray hair, a ponytail, & his outrageous clown suit, those were my memories of Patch Adams from 1999. Yesterday, we walked him to our Children’s Cancer Hospital & watched him engage kids & families, helping them escape their cancer fight for a few moments by just clowning around. As he was leaving I told him, “When I heard you speak in 1999 I was all about my research & keynotes on the benefits of worksite wellness, but you pulled me out of my head & into my heart, now I teach more classes & keynote on joy, happiness, & living fully each day.” He grabbed my head & brought it to his shoulders, patted my head as he made cooing sounds, and his approval was awesome! Plan to clown-around a little more today.
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