I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dewitt Jones, a National Geographic photographer for 20 years, for The Force For Good Project.

When I asked what inspired his “astonishment,” he shared this LOL story…

“I was in British Columbia teaching a class. The skies were gray and cloudy, but it was our last day, and we were determined to get our shots.

I had $5000+ worth of professional gear and was frustrated because the light was going. I finally found a spot overlooking the water to set up.

A young boy watched from a few feet away. He was clutching one of those pink plastic cameras with a yellow straw.

Just as I was about to take my shot, he scuttled in front of me and snapped his shot!

The kid gazed up at me, sucked on his straw, and asked, ‘Do you have a camera?’

I was festooned with cameras! 

But I gave him a short “Yes,” to which he came back with, “Yeah, but does yours have juice in it?”

Busted. Despite my expensive equipment and decades of experience, I realized, on that particular day, I did not have juice in my camera.”

Dewitt includes this story in every keynote and asks audiences…

“Do you have juice in your camera? Or are you looking at the world with jaded, cynical eyes? Have you become so inured to the banquet that’s all around you, you don’t even see it anymore?”