The World Is NOT Flat

Do you place limitations on yourself because of old outdated beliefs about what you can and cannot do? Before the days of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci, it was common belief that the world was flat. If you came to close to the edge you could and would fall off. It was an imposed limitation due to lack of knowledge and exploration.

What are your self-imposed limitations? At a recent convention, I participated in a seminar in which I experienced a major breakthrough. And if I did, you can too. I came to what I assumed to be the edge, but I did not fall off. The only edge there was one of my own making.

Titled "Break Through!" I've attended similar seminars previously. Attended, yes. Participated, no. There's a huge difference. From the beginning the presenter promised us that if we knew we could, before the conclusion, every one in the room could and would break a board with his or her bare hand! Now, I'm a wimp when it comes to brute strength. Needless to say, I was coming up with all sorts of reasons, er, excuses, why I did not need to, or would not.

As the presenter progressed through the program, my thoughts began to change. I started thinking that maybe, just maybe, I would try. Then again, maybe I'd walk out before that time came. Sure enough, the time came. I was still in the room. In groups of ten or twelve, we gathered around a "coach." There was still time for me to back out. Then I began realizing, just maybe I could do this. Why not? We were told we had to limit our attempts to three tries. That gave me some leeway. I watched one, then two others go before me. They did it! Then I jumped in before I had a chance to revert back to my old doubts.

Coached into position I moved forward, hit the board with the heel of my hand. Smack! The board split in two! Two pieces! I did it! I did it on the first try! Like the others, I jumped up and down proud of what I had done. Yes, I broke the board, but the major accomplishment was ridding myself of a self-imposed limitation I'd long grown out of but held onto.

We've known for over five centuries that the world is not flat. It is round. A beautiful globe on which we reside and go from sunrise to sunset every day fully confident that the next day we'll have the same marvelous experience. It's our outdated beliefs in our own capabilities and potential that we now need to replace. It's easier than you think and all in how you think! If you think you can, you can.