Change and learning always involve tension. It’s a turbulent space between choices. Converging currents tugging us in different directions simultaneously. We can either be right about what we think we know, or we can admit to our previous blind spots and step into something newly expanded.

We are the only ones who can move through the tension for us. Or we can acquiese to our knee-jerk reactions and hold onto our blind spots. I’ll be the first to admit it, sometimes I really like the benefits of avoiding tension.

Fear is a thin veil. It looks opaque from this side, but it’s easily penetrated. On the other side is room to breathe, room to spread wings. Freedom to dance.