Insight on Today's Quote
My mind loves disaster rehearsals. Full cast, big budget, zero mercy. I’ve limped through whole days nursing injuries from scenes that never happened. You too? We’re brilliant at building haunted houses in our heads, then charging ourselves admission.
Reality is smaller than the script. It’s specific, grainy, measurable: the bill due Friday, the unanswered email, the tightness in your chest that loosens once you breathe on purpose. Imagination? Surround sound. Everything echoes.
So here’s my trick: name three things that are true right now—feet on the floor, air in the room, one problem I can influence. Not ten. One. Courage isn’t predicting a happy ending; it’s meeting what actually shows up and refusing to perform the rest of the tragedy. Let the storm-in-your-skull pass without giving it a throne. You’re allowed to choose the un-dramatic truth over the blockbuster panic.
Step Up To The Challenge
Do a 5-minute “reality audit.”
Write the fear headline.
Under it, list only verifiable facts.
Circle one next inch of action and do it immediately.
Bonus rule: no rehearsing catastrophes before breakfast.
