Imagine you’re sitting on the same park bench I described in my last post. You are still minding your own business. But instead of a single feather landing at your foot, there are now dozens – or even hundreds – of feathers scattered about your feet.
How do you decide which feather, or feathers, to pick up?
Imagine you’re sitting on a park bench. You are minding your own business. Maybe you’re waiting for a bus … or maybe you’re just idly sitting … daydreaming.
Off in the distance, unbeknownst to you, a feather is floating through the air. The feather is very light. Its flight is influenced by greater forces. It is pushed and propelled along its journey by the breezes and winds.
You are completely unaware of the feather’s existence until the last possible moment. That moment occurs when the feather suddenly appears floating in front of you. Gravity gently pulls the feather down. It lands at your feet.
At the beginning of the movie Forrest Gump, a feather floats lazily in the sky. It is being pushed along by the winds. Mostly the breeze is generated by normal atmospheric conditions. Sometimes the wind comes from a manmade event such as a car. The feather is very light. It is therefore easily lifted, pushed, and influenced by these winds and breezes.
To you – the person sitting on the bench – the feather’s movements are not in your control. The feather’s movement is influenced 100% by outside forces. When a feather lands at your feet – it’s a 100% random occurrence.
Now imagine hundreds (or thousands or millions) of feathers simultaneously floating about.
At the very beginning of the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest bends down to pick up a feather that had floated out of the sky and landed directly at his feet.
In my presentations, I use the feather to make the following points:
What new feathers are currently floating around and about to land in your life?
What feather is currently sitting at your feet that you need to pick up?
What feathers are you holding on to that you’d be better off if you let go?
Next Blog Title: “You’re Gonna Have To Figure That Out For Yourself”
Next Blog Date: May 17, 2012
