Locked in a Mirror Maze

Sometimes it feels like I’m locked in one of those mirror mazes.

I’ll get excited about an idea and run full speed in that direction while holding my ideas in my

arms and then- BAM!

I hit a wall.

I drop all my ideas on the ground.

I look up and I see my reflection, dazed and confused.

I start over but not from the beginning, a few feet in front of it.

I slowly build up my momentum and come up with new, “better” ideas. I run faster this time,

confidently, in a different direction.

I run face-first into another wall again and my ideas scatter.

I retrace my steps from the beginning and as I’m examining the last few footprints I see they

scuff the floor.

I hesitate.

Right before I hit the wall my feet drag for just a second and I smack right into it. I come up with

exciting ideas but I tell myself they won’t work when I try to break through the mold and execute

them.

I need to trust myself to try the things that might fail instead of locking myself in this maze.

So I pick up my ideas off the floor, turn in a new direction, and sit down.

I talk to the little voice that says “I can’t. I can’t. I can’t.” “I hear you, it’s okay to be scared.

Understand that we can be scared and still try.”

Then she opens the door for me and we run.

By: Leane Kinney

Year: Junior

Major: Marketing and Entrepreneurship

○Hometown: Trenton, OH

○Fun fact: I have 9 Pomeranians at home!