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Personal Reflection:
We want to believe we are fixed creatures — brave or timid, strong or weak, worthy or forgettable. But Meltzer dismantles that illusion. The truth is messier, more human: we are all of it. Hero and coward. Dreamer and doubter. Every day reshuffles the cards, and the version of ourselves we play depends on context, circumstance, and the battles we’re carrying inside.

There’s freedom in this. To know that being ordinary one day doesn’t disqualify us from greatness the next. To accept that feeling helpless doesn’t mean helplessness is our identity — it’s just a moment in motion. We are kaleidoscopes, not statues. And that, in its shifting imperfection, is what makes us real.

Reflective Prompt:
Which version of yourself showed up today — and how might tomorrow ask for a different one?