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Real world examples for this type of thinking could fill many pages. Do you really think the children in our story who had no toys would have cared about them being “home made. The Young Man rejects the “plumber” suggestion and even denies that he wants to move to town and get a trade. This is a frequent consequence of these irrational beliefs. In order to avoid dealing with the anxiety caused by these beliefs, we will minimize or reject the positive potential of (job, date, education).
Consequently, our behavioral reaction (failing to attempt a task) to our irrational thinking may later lead to self-criticism and self-anger (regarding our personal weakness) and failing to take advantage
of opportunities. The combination of all of the irrational beliefs of the Young Man in the story lead him to reject the guidance of the Old Man and ultimately to throw away the Old Man’s most prized possession, which in reality was his knowledge of how to take what life gives you and make the best that you can from it.
The topics of this fable are the acceptance of guidance and challenging your irrational limiting beliefs. Rather than being given riches such as a brick of gold, the main character was given an opportunity, a brick of lead. Guidance was offered regarding how to use it to accomplish some of his needs and desires but because of his irrational beliefs he refused this guidance and ultimately “threw away” the opportunity.
You want your children to think about their irrational expectations of success without effort (Gold), to identify some of the more common self-messages we use to limit or reject the rational guidance of others and learn effective self-messages that allow them to take life's "lead" and turn it into future "gold".
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