“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 work that energize you and those that burn you out. Everything is energy. It is found in our thoughts, the words we say, the music we listen to, and the people who we surround ourselves with. Are you with me, George?”

“I am,” answered George, who was thinking that he couldn’t remember the last time anything at work had energized him.

“Watch professional football or basketball on television,” she continued, “and you’ll always hear the announcers talk about the energy of the team, the energy of a player, or the energy of the fans. Walk into any arena or stadium and you can feel the energy of the crowd. It’s like there is electricity in the air. Coaches often talk about how their players are on the same wavelength or how the team is just out of synch. They’ll also say things like, ‘We’re playing with a lot of energy tonight.’ It’s all about energy, George. Have you ever worked with a colleague and you both knew what each other was going to say next? Or you said the same thing at the same time?”

“Of course,” George answered. “Happens all the time.”

“Or has your wife ever read your mind?”

“Too many times,” he said with a smirk.

“Energy of thought,” she declared. “Our thoughts are powerful because they are loaded with energy. That’s why I asked you to write down your vision for your life, work, and family,” she said. “There is an energy to thought and when you identify what you desire and write down your vision, you begin the process of mobilizing the energy to create the life you want. After all you can’t go somewhere if you don’t have a vision of where you want to go. It’s like trying to build a house without a set of plans and picture of what it’s going to look like. It’s like me driving this bus with no clue where my destination is. So George, please tell me you have a vision. Tell me where you want to go. I hope you wrote it down on the paper I gave you.”