You dey waka go face the thing wey dey make you flinch

Something happen this week wey make you flinch, and you quick pass am like nothing. You sabi wetin be dat one. E just take one second, and since den you never return to am. This morning, the room quiet, and the flinch still dey there if you go look for am, and dat na exactly wetin we go do for the next three minutes.

Laptop wey close for table. Light wey dey shine the same corner of wall wey e dey shine every morning. Water wey dey run inside pipe somewhere up. Pen wey no get cap, wey dey there for days.

You dey take discomfort as sign wey say make you stop, but e dey more like map. Here na why e matter: your mind go flinch pass for the things wey carry the most information about you, dat na to say the size of the flinch dey show the size of wetin dey hide inside. So the topic wey you dey skip for gist, the message wey you no open, the number wey you no dey look, no be random. Na list of exactly where the important work dey, arrange by how e important, wey dem give you free, but you dey read am like list of place to avoid.

Make we check wetin dodging actually give you. E go buy you quiet afternoon, but e go charge you interest, because the thing no dey shrink just because you no touch am, e just dey hide from eye. And you already sabi dis one from another side: every thing wey you dodge, wey you later face, e always turn out smaller than wetin the dodging make you think, no exception, and dat na wonderful consistent result for something wey still dey surprise you anytime. The flinch no be warning of danger. Na pointer, and na the most correct one wey you get.

So today, call the thing name, then take the smallest possible part of am. Open the message, check the number, ask the question wey you don dey avoid to ask. No be the whole thing. Just the first small step of the thing wey you dey skip, wey you go do on purpose, before afternoon reach.

E go small pass wetin e dey pretend to be. Na always so e be, and you never see the opposite one before. Go look am.