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FreeOwl 07-15-2015 08:00 AM

If you wanna fly....
 
Take off your cement shoes.

:)

have a great soberday!

:grouphug:

SoberLeigh 07-15-2015 11:53 AM

Great post, Freeowl.

Let's soar!!!!!!

Soberwolf 07-15-2015 12:47 PM

Why am i thinking of Titanic

Me63 07-15-2015 01:51 PM

And you FreeOwl my tootsies are dancing today

toadie54 07-15-2015 02:11 PM

taking a dive in concrete galoshes?

:scorebad

Ultramarathoner 07-15-2015 02:30 PM

And sometimes- one's shoes only "feel" like cement . .


As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not. My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

“Well,” he said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size of rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.” My friend was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

How many of us are being held back by old, outdated beliefs that no longer serve us? How many of us have avoided trying something new because of a limiting belief? Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else’s limiting beliefs?

FreeOwl 07-15-2015 04:08 PM

Traded in my concrete shoes.. Both real and imagined - for a broad pair of wings.

Not going back!!!

Ultramarathoner 07-15-2015 05:45 PM

No doubt. Certainly will make your Ultra easier!

FreeOwl 07-15-2015 07:23 PM

just one month away!!!!

:scared:


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