The simplest sentence can require courage when every sound is still unfamiliar.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Ordering a coffee in a new language is not a small task for the person doing it. The words may be simple and the effort behind them is not, because there is a real risk of being misunderstood, corrected, or looked at blankly in public. Fluent people forget this because the cost was paid so long ago.

If someone is speaking your language with difficulty, give them the extra second and do not finish their sentence. Should you be the one struggling, count the attempt itself as the achievement, since fluency comes from a great many of them.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What have you avoided saying aloud because you would say it badly?

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