Hat Last

On trying, shifting, and finally wearing what fits

You walk into a room

And without thinking

You reach for the usual hat

Maybe it's the quiet one

The cheerful one

The capable one

The careful one

Some hats have been worn so often that they feel like skin

But what if the hat that fits is the one you never tried on

Not just for thinking

Edward de Bono once offered six hats for the mind

Each a color

Each a lens

Logic. Feeling. Risk. Hope. Creativity. Structure

But not all hats live in the mind

We wear ones called "protector," "pleaser," "observer," and "invisible."

We inherit them

Craft them

Hide behind them

Outgrow them

And sometimes

We forget they are hats at all

When the hat is worn, you

There is no harm in having roles

The trouble is when they become rules

When "I always hold it together" is no longer a choice but a sentence

Trying a new hat isn't a betrayal

It's return

To softness

To color

Another way of moving through the day

The hats I hide behind

Which hat feels safest

Which was sewn by someone else

Which do I admire in others but never wear myself

What would happen if I wore one uncomfortable truth and survived

"The purpose of thinking is to let the ideas die instead of us dying."

Edward de Bono

You're allowed to rotate

To rest

To rechoose

Not every hat will fit forever

But each will show you something

About who youyou'veen

And who you might become

You're invited to try one on

Not to perform

But to listen from a new place inside

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