aplomb - noun - poise, self-assurance
Aplomb is a word packed with the wow-factor. If you own aplomb, you are in rare possession of "it," i.e. that certain something that sets you apart from the status quo. Aplomb comes close to defining what the indefinable having "it" means.
Case in point, last Thursday night I performed my mini-musical "Torey the Turkey Goes Skiing" (available for viewing on YouTube) at a safe house for abused women and children. As an entertainer, this sort of gig is always a test of nerves and patience as the kids (the primary audience) in these secure, secret residences are often on the unruly side, and the moms are too preoccupied with mundane goings on to notice. Or they simply don't wish to. Or they simply cannot manage their own offspring. On the other hand, I can usually find an older, more open-minded teen to play to if the planets are in alignment. The other night, they were, and Jeremiah, a twelve-year-old boy who had probably seen too much of the downside of life, was in attendance. He could not have had more aplomb in every sense of the word. I don't know who was more inspiring to whom, him to me or me to him, but we connected on a profound level. Aplomb is not something that is restricted to people of certain ages. For some, it comes naturally or preternaturally, depending upon how you perceive it.
Walk on through the week with poise and self-assurance. It might take you down an optimistic path.
Enjoy!
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