What you said about the gurus selling you growth is so true. I wrote about it in a different way on my page : Hear All, Heed Some. Beautiful piece by the way.
Your concept of selling hindsight is a sharp reminder that someone else’s playbook can never replace our own lived clarity. It’s a beautifully written, necessary reality check that reframes our unguarded moments not as foolish failures, but as the inevitable, expensive tax we pay for staying human, open, and capable of belief. It’s the kind of writing that doesn’t just make me nod along; it makes me look at my own open doors.
"But hope has a dark side that nobody wants to acknowledge. Hope is also a door left ajar". Absolutely. Hope is a lot more profitable than defeat. You can't sell a new dream to a defeated person.
What you said about the gurus selling you growth is so true. I wrote about it in a different way on my page : Hear All, Heed Some. Beautiful piece by the way.
Your concept of selling hindsight is a sharp reminder that someone else’s playbook can never replace our own lived clarity. It’s a beautifully written, necessary reality check that reframes our unguarded moments not as foolish failures, but as the inevitable, expensive tax we pay for staying human, open, and capable of belief. It’s the kind of writing that doesn’t just make me nod along; it makes me look at my own open doors.
That's likely one of few advantages of ageing - getting just a tiny bit wiser... (or not...)
I usually chose to have hope. It's hard but refreshing. A slightly open door is better than a closed one 😅
I have my moments. Sometimes I welcome hope. Sometimes I wish it was never there 😁
"But hope has a dark side that nobody wants to acknowledge. Hope is also a door left ajar". Absolutely. Hope is a lot more profitable than defeat. You can't sell a new dream to a defeated person.
Oh I love this! Thank you x