Breaking Patterns

Maybe the secret to breaking patterns
isn’t really a secret at all.

It begins with one small step.

One.

Paying attention.
Noticing when you have found yourself
in the same part of the labyrinth again.

And then moving.

Doing something—anything—a little differently
than the old way.

Sometimes change is dramatic.
You break through the wall
and never go back.

Sometimes it happens quietly,
one choice at a time.

And if you find yourself back
in the same place again,
you haven’t failed.

Notice.
Choose.
Move.

A little farther from the old way.
A little closer to the new.

You don’t have to escape the whole labyrinth today.

Just keep moving.