A mentor of mine once said that there are no paradoxes in reality, and that they exist only in the human mind. I filed it away, thinking “nice idea but, really?”. It struck me recently while watching video footage from my daughter’s school trip to a village in Malawi. Local men and women were performing a traditional dance for the visitors. Men wore trousers, shirts and ties and they wore a traditional garment over these clothes to perform the dance. Women wore western style

It’s all ok. My experience is safe, even when it's uncomfortable. Really. What would become possible if you deeply knew that whatever...