One reason the concept of becoming better can scare us is that it requires us to step out of a place that we recognize and have possibly grown comfortable with.

For me, better is energy-giving, flourishing, stretching, thriving, making progress one step at a time.

By acting or performing our way into a new way of thinking, we can sometimes unearth elements of us that we didn’t believe were possible.

Once people can begin to articulate something specific that they can do, take responsibility for and control, a sense of choice begins to take root, and they move from being a spectator to a participant.

When we’re brave enough to try something else we can often change what we understand to be possible or worth doing, and ultimately who we believe ourselves to be.