Friday, April 10, 2009

Freak Out at the Helm

“I don’t understand why you’re freaking out about this - you’ve been at the helm since you were five. You’re clearly capable of weathering this. I don’t understand why you’re in doubt of yourself.” And, of course, he’s right: I have been at the helm since I was five, and I am quite capable of captaining this ship through this storm.

I want to tell him why, that it’s never too late to sink the ship - never too late - but instead I just smile and say nothing, choosing to let him live his way into the answer on his own.

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