Be Like Koopa, Wake Up and Break the Castle
Ok, so I realize that this is a very peculiar title for a Motivational Monday blog post, but it will make sense in the end.
To begin, when I say “Koopa”, I’m not talking about Super Mario. I’m talking about my Russian Tortoise. He’s a cool creature that’s been a part of my family for about five years, but his activities during the day are predictable and about what you would expect from a tortoise that lives in a very large tank.
His typical routine is as follows:
Wake up
Move two inches
Eat
Move two more inches
Poop
Be brave - move four inches!
Contemplate going in the water
Fighting with the reflection in the glass instead
Move six inches to the castle
Go back to bed
I was 100% sure that this routine repeated throughout the day, until now. I’ve got a pretty bad head cold so I elected to sit on the couch with my daughter and watch cartoons. I heard a really weird sound and looked over to find a crazy scene.
Koopa broke the roof of the castle and was climbing out of the top!
I couldn’t help but stop and watch him for almost 15 minutes, astonished at two things:
I did not know that tortoises could stand on their back legs to climb that high; and
Even a tortoise can wake up and decide to be or do something different that day.
This got me thinking about what I would write for a Motivational Monday blog post. I realized that Koopa was my topic. He decided that he was going to make a change in his little tortoise life and break the castle today.
The take away is this… Is there something in your daily routine that you wished was different? Is there something you wish you had time to learn? Or maybe, like me, you’ve got a dream of doing something different with your life - like building your own business!
Stop dreaming and take actions towards doing it! Don’t let fear and change keep you from what would truly make you happy. Take that chance, and work towards making your dream a reality.
Be like Koopa - wake up and break the castle!
