We can not be ready to face what we are hiding from ourselves. The one that is doing the hiding can not be ready. I will not be in control of opening that box. The opening of it is the process where I become ready to face what is inside. I become ready as Im faced with it and struggle to find my bearings in this new situation. In this process the old me dies and a new I is born. A me that has overcome that particular obstacle.
The only readiness we can have is to face that which we are not ready for and bravely walk into that fire, knowing we can’t make it. Letting go of that to which we are holding on.