The Power of ‘But’: Life Preserver or Destroyer of Possibilities?

This contrary conjunction can shape our choices

Despite being a tiny word, "but" has the power to prevent us from achieving dreams - unless we learn to harness it. Fei Meng

Good things, the old adage tells us, come in small packages. It fails to mention that bad things can come wrapped in the same way.

Both good and bad things, for instance, may be packaged in the little word “but.”