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 a parent – it’s time to stand still, and slowly unclench your fist from around them.
You hold on because you do not trust that your falling hand will be caught again, by something better, something strong, and willing to hold you instead of being held.
