I recently had an experience with a child who passionately wanted something. He asked me once and I gave my answer, which was a yes, or a maybe, or a later, but definitely not a no. What matters most isn’t my exact answer, but what came after it. There followed, from said child, an onslaught of re-asking about why, when, how. His quest for details, for concrete and measurable information, was relentless. The rapid fire felt close to blowing a circuit in my mind. Being harangued to detail an event which mattered less to me than the present moment, was…
Before you reach for that new thing, release the old. Let go of the things and the people that you believe are keeping you solid and upright, because you know it’s really fear at the heart of that grip. The things you want to attain are not difficult. What’s difficult is trying to attain them while holding onto what else is in your hands. The marriage you wanted to leave, even as you walked down the aisle, the group of friends unified only by alcohol and a suppressed dissatisfaction with life, the job that lowers the standards you vowed to uphold as…