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“I married someone who makes me bigger, not smaller, and I almost can't believe it.”
After years of folding yourself to fit, you found a person who expands when you do. That is the whole tenet made flesh: building with, not under. Don't shrink out of habit now that there's room. Honor what you have by becoming fully yourself inside it.
Your Practice
- Name one way you still shrink out of old reflex, even though they don't ask you to.
- Say one ambition out loud to them this week that you used to keep small.
- Ask what they're reaching for, and put your weight behind it the way they do yours.
- Build something together that neither of you would dare alone.
The Architects
“I believe our civilization stands on the cusp of a technological revolution with the power to reshape life as we know it.”
Fei-Fei Li, The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI (Flatiron Books, 2023)