Lift

After two hours in the lift, someone answered the emergency call button. You need to think more positively, they said. This idea of being trapped is keeping you in the lift. When you feel stuck, take ten deep breaths. Ask yourself: why do I believe this thought? And try to get out of the lift just a little bit each time. She tore the panel off the wall with a strength she didn't know she had, and used the edge of it to lever the doors open. At the reception desk, a smiling man in a suit greeted her. There we go, he said. I'll mark you down as a success.