💡Your Keys Aren't Under the Streetlight

There’s an old story: A man is searching for his lost keys under a streetlight. A police officer asks if this is where he lost them. “No,” the man says. “But this is where the light is.”

It’s called the Streetlight Effect — looking where it’s easy, not where the answer really is.

We all do this. We scroll instead of having the hard conversation with ourselves. We seek comfort and validation in the bright, familiar spaces — even when we know our breakthrough lies somewhere else.

🔆 Invitation for Today 🔆

Ask yourself: Where might your real answer be waiting — not the convenient one, but the true one? The place that feels uncomfortable. Vulnerable. Maybe even a little scary.

Take one small step there.

Because the keys you're looking for? They're probably not under the streetlight.

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