To Tame a Fox: Life Lessons from Nature

To Tame a Fox: Life Lessons from Nature
You cannot tame anything by chasing after it. When you
really want something, sometimes you must be still and let
it come to you.

THE STORY

I have always loved Gene Wilder. His piercing blue eyes
always seemed so kind and inviting.

I don't remember when I first fell in love with him--like
most kids my age, it may have been when he played the
eccentric chocolatier in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory, or it may have been when he played The Waco Kid in
the side-splittingly funny Blazing Saddles--but I know for
sure that my heart was sealed when he played The Fox in The
Little Prince.

Though the novella by Antoine de Saint Exupéry was
well-known to most, for many years my only exposure to this
inspiring story was through this 1974 movie, which was
nominated for two Academy Awards and won a Golden Globe.

The plot consists of a pilot who is stranded in the Sahara
desert and comes across an "extraterrestrial (though
entirely human-appearing) prince. In their conversations,
the author reveals his own views about the follies of
mankind and the simple truths that people seem to forget as
they grow older." (Wikipedia)

The prince tells the pilot of many of his adventures,
including his visit to earth and the many creatures he has
met here.

One of them was a fox. Enter Gene Wilder.

Gene Wilder's Fox is cautious but caring (those eyes!), as
he teaches the little Prince how he could tame him and they
could become friends. Amazingly, this same exchange can
teach us some of the exact principles of getting whatever
we want in life to come to us.

"Every day, you would come and sit where you're sitting now.

"You'd always come at the same time at, let's say, four in
the afternoon.

"I could start getting excited about, oh about, 3 o'clock.

"If you came any old time, I wouldn't have a chance to get
keyed up."

"But what would I do at 4 o'clock?" asks the Prince.

"Nothing," the Fox replies.

"Nothing?"

"Of course not, if you did anything, I would get
frightened, and I wouldn't come out."

THE LESSON

You really can have what you want. But to get it, there are
a few principles you must apply from learning how to tame a
fox.

First, you must be consistent. The Prince was to come every
day at the same time. He could not come "at any old time."
He must be consistent. Consistent action shows the Universe
that you're serious about your desire.

Second, you must be still and allow it to come to you. If
you have ever chased anything (or anyone, for that
matter!), you know that doing so only causes it to run the
other direction. You work harder and have less results when
you chase after something. Ah, but if you're still...if
you're still, and you are behaving in ways that make you
attractive, people and things will naturally be drawn to
you.

And what if things don't come to you the way you had hoped,
or they disappear just as you see them around the corner?
Then you can be sure to hear the Fox saying to you, just
like he said to the little Prince:

"You moved!"

TAKE ACTION

Are you frustrated with the results you are getting in some
area of your life? Take action!

Today's action step: Set a timer for five minutes. Sit
comfortably and close your eyes. Visualize what it is you
want and, in your mind, allow it to come to you. You may
even want to stretch out your arms and visualize it running
to you for an embrace.

Notice as you do this how good it makes you feel--how much
better, in fact, than if you were to run after it. Of
course, you may want to do this visualization for more than
five minutes. If you're like me, it will feel so good, it
will be hard for you to want to do anything else!

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Margie Remmers is an author, business owner, and mom--with
an expertise in helping people enjoy life and make money
(in that order). To find out how she can help you, visit
her online at:
http://www.YouCanHaveWhatYouWant.com