If you put some fleas
in a jar and close the lid, the fleas will begin
to jump, of course
with the lid on they will only hit their tiny heads
and never be able to
escape. After about 20 minutes they learn
that they are trapped
and they change the height of their jumps
so that they will
stop hitting their heads.
Give them a little
bit longer and they will grow accustomed that
they will never
escape and once this happens you can safely
remove the lid and
the fleas will continue jumping at the same
medium height,
eternally trapped in the jar.
You see they firmly
believe that they will never be able to escape
and that's why they
stop trying, of course after spending 20 minutes
jumping straight up
hitting your head, with no way of escaping, who
wouldn't... The
problem is that they get so used to the idea of being
trapped that they
never even bother to lift their heads again to see
if the lid has come
off...
Having a mentor or
guide is a great way to help you keep lifting
your head to see if
there is an opening in the jar, you never know
my friend, because
just like in the case of the fleas, anything could
happen in 20 minutes.
Never doubt yourself
and what you can achieve, put your mind to
it, keep pushing and
I promise you that an opening will come.
