Blow The Lid Off!
Zig Ziglar tells a story about the results of putting fleas in a jar. If you were to take several fleas, place them in a jar and put a lid on top of the jar, the fleas will bump their heads as they try to get free. After an hour or so, you can remove the lid. The once confined (possibly oxygen deprived) fleas will not escape and will die in their open prison. After repeatedly banging their heads against the lid, the fleas tend not to jump as high as before. They have been conditioned to assume that there is no way out.
We, too, can become like those fleas because we set our own limitations. Maybe we’ve started out with self-doubt or lived with criticism to the point those once small limiting thoughts become interlinked to be as restrictive battleship chains. Well, Baby, its time to break those chains and blow the lid off the jar.
When you think of yourself, replace words like unimaginative, weak, stale, apathetic and uninspired with creative, strong, fresh, enthusiastic and inspired. Will using positive thoughts really change your life? Yes! Absolutely! It might not alter your situation, but it will definitely change your approach. You will find that part of your reality is perceived and that perception is based on your thoughts. Apply this to your puppetry. Apply this to your life.
James Lane Allen had it right when he wrote, “You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thought will take you.â€
Where are you going today?
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Excellent article. You can’t accomplish anything with negativity. Most working puppeteers are bright, positive people who worked hard to get to the top. My feeling is that you have to go to the work. It won’t come to you.