Hi all tuning in.

Thanks Open for the sunny, strong arm encouragement haha!

A friend sent me a message related to this exchange and mentioned that they resonated and how it brought up the sense of failure for them and how that might keep them from stepping forward.

I can relate to this as well. I recognize that I don't want to be SEEN failing - messing up - getting it wrong. The inner critic ("pissed off clipboard man" as I call him), is hyper busy coaching the direction away from this possibility of being seen not knowing etc...it's the vulnerability of it I suppose.

And what is it but a feeling I have guarded against? This is what baffles me sometimes - how that 'not wanting to feel something' becomes this entire charade....an entire life. I know from past experience that there's really no where to go but into the experience of it...awkward maybe...but at some point we can be ok with the feeling called awkward...or embarassed...it's truly a super power to become unlimited in the experiences.

When you quoted Denzel Washington (I believe) with his expression of "falling forward" - that really captures the sense of it!

<3