They’re about to step onto the floor. Or the field. Or the stage. Their mind is already racing. Faster than the music. Faster than the clock. Faster than the routine. Sometimes even faster than their heart. This is the moment adults rush in. One more reminder. One more correction. One more attempt to calm it all down. It feels like help. It isn’t. It’s interruption. That moment right there, that racing heart, that quick breath, that’s not something to rescue them from. That’s
