Doubt

When doubt turns to despair, it becomes our prison, rather than our sky. When doubt overwhelms us, it keeps us in shackles, rather than giving us wings. For the purpose of doubt is not to paralyse, but to catalyse. Doubt should encourage us to test the water, not scare into a fear drowning. Doubt and trust are partners in time. To have trust without any doubt is to be foolish and to court disaster. To have doubt without any trust is to be paranoid and to invite madness. And yet, each moves opposite to the other, like tango dancers. As trust increases, doubt recedes into the shadows. But break the trust, and doubt returns stronger than before.

— Wayne Visser

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