Watch As Robert Downey Jr. Gives This 7 Year Old A Bionic Arm And Shows Us A Thing Or Two About Living Out Our Dreams

We have so much to give--all of us. And yet life is so busy that we get caught up in its fast pace and rattling hysteria that we often miss out on amazing opportunities to help others. 

Robert Downey Jr., the Ironman of Hollywood, saw an amazing opportunity: Alex, a seven year-old boy born with a partially right arm, was hooked up with Albert Manero, a college student who builds low-cost 3D printed bionic limbs and donates them to kids around the world. Albert was asking for support on a Twitter feed #CollectiveProject, and a leading bionics expert wanted to help--and that's where Robert Downey Jr. got involved. 

Here's what we can learn from this amazing story:

1. It doesn't matter who you are, you have a gift to bring to others. Albert Manero is a regular guy--a college student--with an amazing vision of life: inspiring kids with low-cost 3D printed bionic arms. He's not a big superhero like Elon Musk but he is making the world a better place. We can glean inspiration from him and others who are ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

2. If you put yourself out there, you never know what kind of momentum you'll attract. Some say that when you put in the effort, real true effort, the universe will back you up.

3. Use social media: There's a really cool thing about sharing your work on social media: You have an easy vehicle for your ideas to reach others. You could start a wave that others just want to be a part of.

4. Be bold, then be bolder: If you have an idea, something you want to do for others, you have to boldly put it out there, and then find ways to be bolder. I'm sure Albert Manero didn't think his project would draw the enthusiasm of Robert Downey Jr. to create a truly epic moment, but he put himself out there, and the world responded.

5. Do something for others: In our selfie society where living for ourselves is a given, doing something for others, finding time to help out someone else, can lift your spirits and give you meaning in your life. 

6. Ask what life demands from you: It's like the story Victor Frankl recalls of the concentration camp when one of the inmates came to Frankl wanting to end his life. "I have nothing more to demand of life." he lamented. Frankl's responded, "Yes, but would you consider asking not what more you can demand of life, but what life is demanding of you?" 

We all have gifts to bring to the world, but often we feel that they're not good enough, or we're too caught up in what the big stars are doing. Albert Manero isn't a star, but by bringing himself to life and helping others, he was certainly able to attract one.