The truth is otherwise, and anyone who is trying to launch a new beginning needs to understand that. New beginnings are accessible to everyone, and everyone has trouble with them. Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step towards disaster. Everyone has a slightly different version of these anxieties and confusions, but in one way or another they all arise from the fear that real change destroys the old ways that we have learned to equate to “who we are” and “what we need.” To act on what we really want is the same as
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