A horse that’s never been asked to cross water often won’t do it on the first try. Neither will you. Ask again tomorrow.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
A refusal on the first attempt is not a verdict on the whole thing, it is a reaction to novelty. Nothing has had time to learn that the ground on the other side holds. The same is true of you, which is why one failed attempt tells you less than it feels like it does.
Pick the thing you tried once and backed away from, and go at it again this week without raising the stakes. Keep the attempts short and close together rather than big and rare. Count the asking as the work, and let the crossing arrive when it arrives.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What of yours deserves another attempt before a verdict?
MORE IN COURAGE & RISK
- The target of a bully doesn’t need a hero. They need one person who stands next to them in the hallway.
- Moving across the country for a job at twenty-one takes guts. Calling home every week takes humility. Do both.
- Standing up for someone who’s being picked on costs you something. That’s how you know it counts.
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