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To get what we want we may sometimes need to cross a road and go somewhere less familiar. What lies across the borders of our average experience can bring up a range of feelings — dread, excitement, curiosity, confusion, joy, grief, and more — that may in different combinations occur simultaneously. It can be good to remind ourselves that we have crossed into new territory and to bring self-compassion to the experience of trying something we have not tried before. What new territory are you exploring in your life this week?