🐦‍⬛ TREE 738: The raven mantra

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‘I can do this. It’s not like merciless ravens will tear strips of living flesh from my bones if I mess up.’

is a good thing to tell yourself when you are scared to try a new thing.

1. You and I can both imagine situations where your flesh would be at the mercy of ravens. But they’re not going to happen are they?

2. If you are extremely unlucky and do find yourself at the mercy of ravens, take comfort in the fact that they are scavengers. They probably won’t start tearing your flesh until after you are dead.

So have a go. The stakes are lower than your fear is telling you.

You might lose pride or money. But the fun, knowledge and wisdom you get from the experience will totally be worth it. And you almost certainly won’t have to deal with merciless ravens.

Alanis Morrisette’s Uninvited as spy theme.

Happy weekend!
Jeff