Got Crabs???

I think crabs are super cool to watch…

They kinda seem like a bunch of crazy alien clowns

when I see them scurry about.

Have you ever seen what happens if you put a group

of crabs in a bucket?

One of them will climb over the rest and make a leap

for the edge of the bucket, in an attempt to pull

himself up and over to freedom.

But as soon as he catches the edge and starts to

move toward the promised land…

The ones left at the bottom grab at him relentlessly to pull

him back into the bucket.

Very rarely does a single crab ever make it out of the bucket.

They want to keep the crew together all within the “safety” of

the bucket.

People are super cool to watch too.

Quite a bit more complex than the crabs, and still a startling

similarity…

In a group of people, when one of them starts to do something

remarkably different (like making the leap over the ledge toward

the promised land of an AWESOME Life), some of the others will

make herculean efforts to keep him from straying too far from the

“safety” of the group’s “normal”.

“No!  you’re not leaving my bucket”…

The big difference for this person is that his peers are only

figuratively holding him back from doing great things…

And because he wants to keep the others in the “bucket” happy

and to feel normal he allows himself to be held down.

The good news is we have a choice…

We can surround ourselves with people who think small and

want to maintain “normal” or “safe”…

Or we can choose to make the giant leap and surround ourselves

with only people who think abundantly and believe that by lifting

one another up, everyone can achieve greatness.

I’ve made some tough decisions and let go of the “crabs” holding

me in the bucket of normal…

That freedom has allowed me to grow, create a really f’n AWESOME

Life, and attract new like minded people to share it all with.

I’m here at the top of this bucket to pull you up and help you discover

your version of AWESOME…

Are you willing to let go of the crabs that are holding you down?

CHEERS!

Your “crab free” partner in Awesomeness,

~Travis

Photo by Rushen!