There is a moment many people recognise.
The car is parked. The engine is off. And still, you don’t move.
The Moment
You sit. Hands on the steering wheel. Breathing shallow.
Inside the building are expectations, conversations, systems, and eyes.
In the car, there is a pause.
Sitting With It
That moment holds fear, hope, and calculation.
Will I be understood?
Will this cost me?
Do I have the energy today?
It is not hesitation.
It is preparation.
What We Begin to Notice
Lived experience teaches us that thresholds matter.
What happens inside a room is shaped by what people have to cross to enter it.
Insight
If we want people to come inside, we need to honour the weight of that pause.
Some courage happens before the door ever opens.
