Thought 31MAR2008

GET IN THE WHEELBARROW
The story is told about the famed Zumbrati who walked a tightrope across Niagara Falls. Conditions were less than ideal. It was a windy day and the performer was thankful to have made it safely across. One of those waiting to congratulate him was a man with a wheelbarrow. "I believe that you could walk across pushing this wheelbarrow," the man told him. Zumbrati shook his head and said he felt fortunate to have accomplished the feat without a wheelbarrow.

The man urged him to try. "I believe that you can do it," he said. The aerialist graciously declined but the man kept after him. Finally, the performer said, "You really do believe in me, don't you?" "Oh I do," the man assured him. "Okay," Zumbrati replied. "Get into the wheelbarrow."

So if you really believe ... get in the wheelbarrow. Cast off the concerns, doubts, fears and self-imposed limitations because once you believe something is true, whether or not it is, you will then act as if it is.
Extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II', Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994
A danger foreseen is half-avoided - Cheyenne (Native American)