Too often, we fear exactly what our soul craves.
THIS seems absolutely impossible. Strange. Crazy.
The gap between “I want” and “I have” feels too wide.
Alas, that blocks the very ability to think of your future, describe it, imagine it. Against Lao Tzu's advice, the journey of a thousand miles doesn't even let us take the first mental step.
In the end, you stand still, stuck, waiting for who knows what.
Strange as it sounds, in that moment, you need the Other. The one who becomes a safe, reliable, spacious vessel to hold your "mad dream" without judgment, envy, or fear.
When your hazy sense of the future takes initial shape, the seemingly opposite action is needed—step into "bodily" contact with the Reality around you.
In other words, meet the people who intrigue you, visit the spot, sketch a draft/model/prototype, and talk it over with those who seemed interested in something like it.
You won't notice how Reality draws you along, suggests the next move, builds steps in unpredictable ways.
The way out of the dead end is outrageously simple:
1) Recall your so-called mad "I want" more often, and 2) Move through the Ocean of uncertainty from one shaky ice floe to the next.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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