Invisible Fences

Paula Ferebee sent the following which is so appropriate
Invisible Fences

I am sitting here at the airport in Los Angeles. Was here to speak to a group of General Electric’s high- potential employees. About leading without title. About standing for world-class. About their outright Greatness in all they do.

After the presentation I relected on why so many of us play small in the core areas of our lives. Why we avoid change. Why we don't innovate and express the creative genius that resides within each one of us. Why we refuse to accept the call on our lives. And why so many of us refrain from being remarkable. The answer I came up with? Invisible Fences.

Here's what I'm talking about: I took a drive out into the country side last week. To breathe. To renew. To think. I saw a sign from a dog training company on someone's lawn. It spoke of an invisible fence. It is a system that sets an invisible boundary that the dog can't get past. The dog eventually becomes conditioned so that even when that fence is gone, it will not run beyond it. The dog sets up imaginary limits that determine its reality. We're like that too. As we grow up, we adopt negative beliefs and false assumptions and sabotaging fears from the world arround us. These become our invisible fences. We believe they are real. When we bumb up against them at work( and in life), we retreat. We believe the boundary is true. So we shrink from all we meant to be/do/have. The illusion seems so real. But it's not. Please remember that.

So I invite you to question yor invisible fences. Be aware of them. Observe them. Challenge them. So that when one confronts you, rather than running away from it, you exercise the force of will and talent of heart to run through it. Toward the poetic posibilities your life is meant to be. Because what you resist will persist. But what you befriend, you will transcend.


As we grow up, we adopt negative beliefs
and false assumptions and sabotaging
fears from the world arround us.
These become our invisible fences