There are basically two kinds of gatekeeper.

There are those who keep you out; they also  keep others in – end of story.

There are also those who invite everyone in – these are the ones who are endlessly fascinated by you and keep asking questions.

I’d been thinking about my friend Alex’s comment about not being misunderstood: what he fears is being understood.

What would it be like to be understood?  Where and by whom?  Do I want to be?  What would happen if I were understood?

I don’t want to be categorised or tested for accuracy or pass someone’s “understanding test.”  Id be halfway to becoming the kind of gatekeeper who keeps most people out and some people in.

I hope it’s okay to dream of a world which keeps opening upon opening, where people engage in inviting upon inviting, living the dreams coming from both within and beyond.

This is the kind of gatekeeper I want to be.

‘Wouldn’t it be great if you could change your belief system right now and make it more empowering; a belief system designed by you, that helps you engage your life at an altogether different level?’*

(From Michael Heppell’s How To Be Brilliant.)