The Permission Key

Metaphorical Narrative

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say to yourself isn’t “I will” — it’s “I can.”

It’s not about skill or readiness. It’s about permission.

Think of it like discovering a locked door in your own house — one you’ve walked past for years. You assumed someone else had the key. You assumed you weren’t allowed inside.

Then one day, without fanfare, you try the handle… and it swings open.

Behind that door? All the things you thought you weren’t “allowed” to do.

Core Insight

We all live under silent agreements we never consciously signed:

• I must honour obligations to the past.
• I must respect the fears that once kept me safe.
• I must answer to the people who harmed me.

These unspoken contracts act like invisible laws. Yet — they have no legal standing in your life.

Breaking them is as simple, and as radical, as saying:

• I don’t honour obligations to past fears, people, or places.
• Past fears have no importance to me.
• I have no obligations to those who abused me.

Saturday Experiment

1. Write down one silent rule you’ve been obeying.
2. Say out loud: “I revoke this. I don’t honour it.”
3. Feel the space it leaves behind — and act on it immediately.

Sunday Reflection (3rd-Person)

Write in third-person journaling.

• What shifted when they [Your Name] gave self permission?
• What doors in their own life were never locked at all?
• And how does it feel to finally walk through these doors without asking first?