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Walking Into the Room
Naming the dragon was the work of clarity. You identified it precisely: the fear, the pattern, the external barrier, the internal resistance. But identification is not the same as confrontation. The dragon is still in the room. It is still between you and the thing you are building. Naming it did not move it. And it will remain there for as long as you are willing to stand at the door and study it rather than walk through it.