four things: everyone in the room is white; almost all of them are in suits or cocktail dresses, while you are in casual clothes; you don’t see your friend anywhere; and, as you enter the room, many of the people turn and look at you. Stop. What do you experience in your body? Where is there constriction? Where is there settling? What does it want to do? What impulses, emotions, images, or thoughts arise? Use the five anchors from Chapter Twelve to settle your body and slow yourself down. Now, act from the best parts of yourself. What do you do?
