WEEK FORTY-NINE:
FLAT EARTH
“We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view."
- Mao Tse-Tung
At one point in time, people thought that the earth was flat and at the center of the universe. The flat Earth theory states that the world is a flat disk rather than a sphere. The theory was believed by many cultures around the world, including Ancient Egyptian and Babylonian cultures as well as China up to the last few hundred years.
As early as the fourth century B.C. however, philosophers and scientists realized that the Earth was actually a sphere. Up until that point, many were afraid to venture too far in fear of falling off the edge of the Earth.
That is what thinking small does to you. It keeps you confined for fear of the unknown. Whether it is your opinion of yourself, your abilities or your circumstances, that's all it is - an opinion. Not a fact. Your world is not flat. It is much more vast than you can imagine.