We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

— Thomas Paine

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Nothing about the way things are arranged is fixed by nature. Customs, institutions, the shape of a life, all of it was assembled by people who were no wiser than you, and what was assembled can be assembled differently. The sense that the world is finished is a feeling, not a fact. Power here does not mean control over everything; it means you are not only a passenger.

Pick one arrangement you have been treating as permanent and test whether it actually is. It might be a routine, an agreement, a room. Change one thing about it this week and watch what holds.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What could you start fresh without anyone’s permission?

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