When you were a kid
you had a ball, but no-one to kick it or throw it to.
You found a wall—yours or someone else’s—and threw or kicked a ball at it. The ball came back, sometimes in ways you didn’t expect, but it always returned, bringing lessons just for you.
The ‘big black chair’ you sit in now—as a person, parent, or professional—can feel lonely and isolating. Like that kid, sometimes you need to bounce ideas off someone who won’t judge or give opinions.