This diagram shows how magicians saw people in half. Apparently, a contortionist assistant crumbles herself into one side of a box, while some fake feet stick out of the other. This gives the illusion of a whole person.
Many of my coaching clients show up looking this way. Scrunched up into a limited life circumstance, with a phony set of feet planted somewhere that they’d rather not be. Their audience (whether it be their boss, family, friends, colleagues) see a whole person, but the individual knows deep down that it is only an illusion.
There is always the fear that venturing outside of the box will compromise their well-received and socially acceptable illusion, but that is precisely what is necessary to reconnect somebody to their own true feet. Feet that walk confidently along an authentically genuine path, despite the opinions and criticisms of others.
Successfully challenge your obligation to any illusions that you’ve created along the way, for whatever good reason, and you will no doubt clear the way for something better…perhaps, even magical.
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#1 by Dawn Kotzer on January 15, 2010 - 10:54 am
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And so the magic does begin…As you say David, it’all in the feet.
Makes me wonder just how many times I’ve been trying to contort myself into filling only one half of the box.
Countless…
(and it’s no small feat…couldn’t resist.)
#2 by David Sonatore on January 16, 2010 - 9:10 am
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The irony Dawn, is that that half of the box becomes an incredible comfort zone for many, but ultimately leads to some incredible discomfort. Makes you wonder if the universe has an impish sense of humor…