Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together in conversation), I am Ranjini Rao. I hope and pray that all of you listeners out there are safe and healthy. Today, I bring before you yet another excerpt from the beautifully co-authored book, THE ART OF POSSIBILITY, by BENJAMIN ZANDER and ROSAMUND STONE ZANDER.  You can buy your copy from any of the bookstores near you or via any online portal selling books and also by clicking the following link. Benjamin Zander is an English conductor who is currently the musical director of The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Rosamund Stone Zander is a pioneer in the field of Leadership and Relationships. She is a Family Therapist and an Executive Coach. And now for the excerpt; The frame our minds create, define and confine what we perceive to be possible. Every problem, every dilemma, every dead end we find ourselves facing in life, only appears unsolvable inside a particular frame or point of view. Enlarge the box or create another frame around the data and problems vanish, while new oppurtunities appear. This practice we referred to as the catch phrase “IT’S ALL INVENTED” is the fundamental of all the practices we present in this book. When you bring to mind “IT’S ALL INVENTED”, you remember that it’s all a story you tell- Not just some of it, but all of it. And remember too that every story you tell is founded on a network of hidden assumptions. If you learn to notice and distinguish these stories, you will be able to break through the barriers of any “BOX” that contains unwanted conditions and create other conditions or narratives that support the life you envision for yourself and those around you. We do not mean that you can just make anything up and have it magically appear.  We mean that you can shift the framework to one whose underlying assumptions allow for the conditions you desire. Let your thoughts and actions spring from the new framework and see what happens. A Heartfelt “Thank You” to all of our listeners for making the time to listen to this episode of the podcast. If you have not subscribed to it, please do so. If you can see the Bell Icon, do click on it so that you can be notified when a new episode is uploaded. Before I conclude this Episode, I would like to draw your attention to these Wise Words. Let Us Remember: Our life experience would ultimately amount to whatever we have paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times as fundamental to us as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need; sensibly and calmly. We feed the hunger blindly. Once the mechanism is brought to our attention and we begin to study it, it is as if a veil has been stripped off ordinary life and we become freer in our actions and choices. GOOD DAY EVERYBODY!