Day 17 Power of positive expression
Dr Anjana Vinod (PCC/ICF) (Her /She)
Leading Positivity & Breast Cancer coach, Certified Facilitator, Posh, DEI & Faculty Development expert, Moderator, Published Author & Keynote speaker. Most Admired Global Indian
Once upon a time, there was a Kingdom. The king there only had one leg & one eye, but he was very intelligent & kind. Everyone in his kingdom lived a happy & a healthy life because of their king. One day the king was walking through the palace hallway & saw the portraits of his ancestors. He thought that one day his children will walk in the same hallway & remember all the ancestors through these portraits. But the king did not have his portrait painted. Due to his physical disabilities, he wasn’t sure how his painting would turn out. So, he invited many famous painters from his & other kingdoms to the court. The king then announced that he wanted a beautiful portrait made of himself to be placed in the palace. Any painter who can carry out this should come forward. He will be rewarded based on how the painting turns up. All the painters began to think that the king only had one leg & one eye. How can his picture be made very beautiful? It is not possible & if the picture does not turn out to look beautiful then the king will get angry & punish them. So, one by one, all started to make excuses & politely declined to make a painting of the king. But suddenly one painter raised his hand & said that I will make a very beautiful portrait of you which you will surely like. The king became happy to hear that & other painters got curious. The king gave him the permission & the painter started drawing the portrait. He then filled the drawing with paints. Finally, after taking a long time, he said that the portrait was ready!
All of the courtiers & other painters were curious & nervous thinking, how can the painter make the king’s portrait beautiful because the king is physically disabled? What if the king didn’t like the painting & gets angry? But when the painter presented the portrait, everyone in the court, including the king was left stunned. The painter made a portrait in which the king was sitting on the horse, on the one-leg side, holding his bow & aiming the arrow with his one eye closed. The king was very pleased to see that the painter had made a beautiful portrait by cleverly hiding the king’s disabilities. The King gave him a great reward.
Reflection by Dr Anjana https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/anjanavinod
Reflect isn't it such a vow thought. But if we go deeper, it's also true that only when we start seeing the positive & refusing to focus on the negative of self-do we become? - an unstoppable individual. How often do we focus on what we cannot do rather than what we can do. The Irony of life is, whether we think we can, or we think we can’t - we right . The reality is our human brain is a high end computer? processor & the language we speak is the program it will run. Having an attitude that drives positive results will always have, win-win approach. Can we convert our limiting beliefs into empowering belief? It's a matter of having the right approach & focus. Life is only 10 % of what happens & 90% how one reacts to it. Self belief is the key - like the king believed some one can make him look good & the painter believed it was doable both had the approach IT IS POSSIBLE Let's go ahead in life & empower our thought process to create the change we desire to see in ourselves because the only limits that exist are the ones in our own mind. How do you read this story
1. If you had to convert one limiting belief into an empowering one?
2. What thoughts does this story open up for you?
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