The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

Chapter 8

It’s All About Energy

When Bus #11 pulled up to George’s bus stop the next morning, he watched a man run off the bus and then turn around and shout, “You’re crazy, lady!”

“Oh yeah!” Joy shouted back. “When you are ready to learn something on my bus let me know.”

“What was that all about?” George asked as he took his usual seat.

“He believes in the biggest illusion of our time,” Joy answered. “Bigger than the illusion that the world is flat or that the sun moves east to west.”

“Illusion,” George paused. “What are you talking about?”

“The illusion that we live in a physical world,” she declared with the confidence of a college professor. “You see, George, the universe is made of energy. Einstein taught us that.”

Danny lifted up a piece of paper. “See, George, E = MC²,” he said.

Joy continued. “Einstein taught that anything that is matter is energy so all the physical stuff we see and even our own bodies are really made of energy. So this is an energetic universe we live in and everything about us is energy. But you don’t need to get deep and know anything about science to understand that life is all about energy,” Joy said. “All you have to do is think about your own life. Think about the people who increase your energy and those who drain you. Think about the foods you eat that make you feel great and those that make you want to take a nap. Think about the projects at ...