When Encouragement is Not So Encouraging
I often hear or read authors and other creatives offering encouragement to those who are not (yet) actively creating. "Try!" they conclude, "Or you'll never know if you can." It's well meaning, but it's useless. When you fear to try, "...not knowing if you can..." is your current state. A person stuck in their current state is, at some level, more comfortable with their current state than with the risks needed to change it.
As an exhortation to action, "Try, or you'll never