The first time I saw this YouTube clip I was watching from between my fingers, a grimace of embarrassment on my face.

See, as a fairly typical English guy, this kind of thing makes me cringe. It’s just the sheer bloody awkwardness and potential for humiliation that makes me wince. But as I watched it that first time, I slowly took my fingers away from my face and watched closer and closer.

Something brilliant happened.

The unexpected.

I’ve probably seen this a dozen times over the last 3 or 4 months, and it makes me smile every time. Why? Well, the cute bridesmaids help, but the big reason is because it challenged me. It challenged me to think outside of the conventions and outside of the rules. Seeing these people having the time of their lives doing something new challenged me to enjoy what at first I thought I’d hate.

The unexpected does that – it makes you go out of your comfort zone and challenges you to adapt.

It’s not easy to open up to, feeling weird at first, scary even.  But like new underwear, you soon get used to it.

The expected is predictable, safe and lacking in power.  The magic of the unexpected is it’s power to show you something new in life; something that might just be amazing.

The question is, do you have the self-confidence to open your eyes and welcome it in?