But beneath all of them is a deeper, quieter fear: What if I grab it, and it’s not what I thought? What if the promotion is lonely? What if the relationship is hard? What if the dream, once caught, starts to feel like a burden?
Third—and this is the part we romanticize least—you have to close your hand . A grab isn’t a tap. It isn’t a gentle brush of the fingers. It’s a commitment. You wrap your grip around whatever it is and you pull it toward you. That’s where the real work lives: in the clench. We tell ourselves beautiful lies about why we don’t reach. i can grab it
Now say it out loud: I can grab it.