On belief, perception, and the doors we close without noticing I was talking with a friend the other day about something I want. Something that felt big. And somewhere in the middle of describing it, I heard myself say five words I have said a hundred times without ever really hearing them. "I can't imagine that happening." He did not even pause. He just said: "Well, then it won't." I laughed. And then I sat with it for the rest of the day, because he was right, and because i