The Erratic Brakes

Metaphorical Narrative

Driving smooth on an open road, the car suddenly jolts. The brakes slam without cause. No curve ahead, no obstacle in sight — just a violent stop that shatters rhythm.

That is how ego interrupts momentum: not with reason, but with erratic brakes.

Core Insight

Erratic brakes don’t protect from danger. They create it. The audit brake invents fault. The melodrama brake invents collapse. Both are sudden jolts that stall the road, even when the horizon is clear.

Momentum is reclaimed by naming the brakes and refusing their pull.

Saturday Experiment

• Write down one erratic brake thought they had this week.
• Underneath, write: “This is not protection. This is paralysis.”

Sunday Reflection

• How often has their path been stalled by erratic brakes?
• What horizon becomes visible when the jolts stop?