Some people spend years looking for keys to doors their fear has been holding shut.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Some doors are not locked. Fear holds them shut and then sends you looking for a key, which keeps you busy and preserves the impression that the obstacle is external. The search can go on for years and it is genuinely more comfortable than trying the handle.

Pick something you have been researching, planning, or preparing for over a long period. Try it this week in its smallest form. Discovering it was open is worth the risk of finding out it was not.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What are you blaming on circumstance that fear is really deciding?

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