Notice how often “I can’t” means “I haven’t tried it yet.”

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Two very different statements get said with the same two words. One is a fact about your limits and the other is a guess you have never tested, and the guess borrows the authority of the fact. Saying it that way also closes the subject, which is part of why it feels like relief.

For a week, finish the sentence instead of stopping there. Add what is actually in the way: no time, no practice yet, nobody has shown you how. Some of those turn out to be real, and most turn out to be a free Tuesday and a willingness to be bad at it first.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which thing you claim you can’t do have you never attempted?

MORE IN PERCEPTION & ATTENTION

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