This post has significantly become less kewl ever since I looked up the mpg a 1992 Honda Civic gets.
Which is around 40 miles a gallon... so 400 miles on a 10 gallon tank is pretty standard...
BUT... I didn't know that and so I didn't know it was possible. After owning this car for over 5 years I have never driven 400 miles on a single tank. So my post was going to be about not letting what something on paper... or even history, tell you what is possible.
Here is a better example: The four minute mile.
Once thought impossible, a mile ran in four minutes was never recorded before 1954 and was thought to be physically impossible. Once Roger Bannister clocked under 4 minutes for the first time however... a bunch of people were able to break this barrier... which turns out to be more mental than anything.
We let our minds tell us what we can't do before we do them. This gets awfully tragic when we subconsciously tell ourselves we can't be happy. So we make excuses to cover up our fear of failure... to go after what we really want to go after.
The universe is not a dead mechanical, causal process... says I. It is alive and anything is possible. (You may have to work for it however) Find a new way, find a better way, find the solution to your problem by not letting your monkey mind getting in the way and letting creativity flow.
When you do this... you give permission for others to do the same. Roger Bannister gave plenty of people permission since his exhibition and now others runners since have been faster and more graceful.
Do the same with your life, athletic, academics, art, it's all the same if you really look at it. Be God's alarm clock by waking the people around you up, not by force, but simply letting you true self take command, the Self without fear. Sometimes all we need is permission from the clown.
