When You Have No Safety Net
Borrowed Time, No Floor
Mrs. Peniston dies and leaves Lily ten thousand. The rest goes to Grace Stepney, who never caused embarrassment. Ten thousand pays Trenor and leaves nothing. The independence Lily had been living toward, the imagined later floor, was never under construction. She had been spending time she did not own.
Key Insight
A safety net you do not control and cannot verify is a story you are telling yourself. Build on resources you can see, or admit you are walking a plank that someone else can pull up.
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