Sir Froggie’s Pondering
Ancient Amphibious Wisdom for a Modern Day World
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WEARING AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK?
Have you ever moved forward only to get knocked back, never knowing what hit you? Do you occasionally get stuck but don’t know why? Do you know what’s blocking you?
Or are your brick walls wearing an invisibility cloak?
It’s been said 95% of the solution is knowing what the problem is. Yet frequently we think we see the problem when what we’re identifying is really the symptom.
Finances are an easy example. There are oodles of people who manifest abundance and wealth either by hard work or sheer luck only to watch it disappear. They start over, make some progress, then something else comes up. They may think it’s because of a slow economy, a streak of bad luck, or a business deal gone sour. It’s as if they get so far and BAM! They crash head first into a brick wall. The trouble is they can’t see the brick wall is there. It’s wearing an invisibility cloak.
How can brick walls wear invisibility cloaks? Quite simply, they are our underlying beliefs. Beliefs are often such a part of us we don’t see them. It’s like wearing sun-glasses or looking through a tinted window for a long time. Eventually, our eyes adjust and don’t notice the tint. We simply look through it, not realizing it’s there.
Everyone has “blueprints” or learned belief systems programmed to a specific range of success or accessibility. If our parents constantly struggled, believing money and a life of luxury are hard to come by, on some level, we will too. Even if we tell ourselves, “I’m not going to be like them,” unless we examine and consciously change our core beliefs around earning a living and leading a luxurious life, we’ll struggle, too. Maybe we’ll undervalue the service or products we offer, or work for someone who doesn’t appreciate us. We may deny ourselves anything “luxurious” or get ourselves in so far over our head we lose it all and struggle to start over. There are any number of scenarios that will play out according to our belief system’s thermostat of prosperity and luxury.
Picture yourself walking toward your goal. You see it in the future. You have consciously put yourself on the right path. You’ve been moving toward it. It’s right in front of you. Then suddenly, BAM! Once again, you are stopped in your tracks. Why? Your goal is still right there. It’s still in your direct line of vision. But it’s as if an invisible force is blocking you.
It is. And it’s a brick-wall-belief wearing an invisibility cloak.
Here’s the thing about beliefs and brick walls… once we know they are there, we can do something about them. It’s when we can’t see them that we sabotage and hurt ourselves.
So let’s uncover this once and for all. Feel around, notice how hard the surface is. Wait, out of the corner of your eye you see something shifting in the breeze. It’s like an invisible cloak or veil is covering something. You pull the cloak off and move it to the side. Now you see it -- there’s a brick wall! It might be a really large one. Or it might only be a few feet high.
Now that you know what it is, you can deal with it.
Maybe you decide to just climb over it. Even if you need a ladder, you know where you can find one. Perhaps you can just walk around to the side of it. Or dig your way beneath it. Or even drill through it and install a door. Or disassemble it brick by brick. How you get to the other side is up to you. The important part is now that you’ve removed the invisibility cloak and know what you’re dealing with you can do something about it.
You’ve become aware of the belief that was holding you back. Maybe you were foolishly told you’re not _____ enough or you’re too _____. It doesn’t matter. You know what that blocking belief looks like, feels like, and sounds like now. You’ll recognize it and know how to move past it next time. So you continue forward…
There’s your goal again. Right in front of you. The path is wide open. You’re almost there. It’s just about within reach and everything looks so perfect… BAM!!!!
Wait a minute. You’ve felt this before. Look around. Do a little digging to uncover that brick-wall-belief. Ah-ha! There’s the corner of the invisibility cloak. Pull… pull… Finally, it’s off. It may have required a little more effort to remove the cloak this time but you knew it was there and didn’t let it stop you. Hey, this wall’s not quite as big as the last one. All it needs is a good leap of faith... One… two… three… You’re over it!
And so continues the journey of moving toward your dreams by building your awareness, strength, know-how, persistence and faith. You’re becoming an expert at recognizing when your beliefs are blocking you, uncovering them, and then moving through the real obstacles. You know when you’ve hit a brick wall and you know there’s a way beyond it. There’s no stopping you now -- as long as you remember to check for the real issues. Maybe even before the “BAM!”
Are your brick walls wearing an invisibility cloak?
— © May 06th, 2008, Sir Froggie &
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