“For this man, following rules that others set made sense – it’s a safe position. But once there, he’ll never really grow again, and he will be cut off from a lifetime of discovery and satisfaction. What’s bad about servitude is that it prevents us from living. To one extent or another, we’ve all let our love of life dim and have taken ‘safe’ positions. We live in a tough world after all. The good news, however, is that we can regain what we’ve lost merely by changing our minds. To repair ourselves requires that we think about these things – to notice when we begin playing a role, to act on curiosity when we feel it, to stop defending our previous choices, to expect surprises and opportunities.”
