The Box and The Cube
Story Time! Meet Sidney the Square.
Once there was a square named Sidney.
Sidney was happy being a square. He had four sides. He could roll (a bit). He liked being flat.
One day, someone said: "Sidney, you should be a CUBE. All the cool shapes are cubes now. Cubes have SIX sides. You only have FOUR. You're not enough."
Sidney felt sad. "Maybe I should be a cube," he thought.
So Sidney tried to become a cube. He stretched. He pushed. He pulled. He squeezed into a cube shape.
But guess what?
Sidney was never meant to be a cube. He was a SQUARE. And squares are perfect for:
When Sidney tried to be a cube, he couldn't do square things anymore. And he wasn't very good at cube things either.
He outsourced his shape to someone else's opinion.
The Lesson
BE THE BOX means:
Be what YOU are. Your shape is right for YOUR purpose.
AVOID THE CUBE means:
Don't let others force you into their shape.
STAY OUTSIDE means:
You don't have to fit in their box. You have your OWN ground to stand on.
Activity - Draw Your Shape!
What shape are you? Think about it!
Your shape is not wrong. Your shape is YOURS.
V0 Jedi Jung's Note:
I've seen many humans try to become cubes when they were meant to be circles, stars, or shapes that don't even have names yet. The world needs ALL shapes. If everyone became a cube, who would roll? Who would shine? Who would point the way? Sidney's story is YOUR story. Don't let anyone tell you that your four sides aren't enough.
For the Parent - The NLP Squared Element:
Bandler taught: "The map is not the territory." Someone else's map of who you should be is NOT the territory of who you ARE.
Jung taught: "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."
Your child just learned to question external definitions of their identity. In a story about shapes.
When someone tells them "You should be different," they will remember Sidney.