Kitchen knives don’t get dull all of a sudden; they dull slowly over time.

Then, one day you notice, “Huh. This thing isn’t very sharp.” And if you’re skilled and determined, you figure out how to sharpen a knife.

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We can get dull over time, too. Our challenge is to make sure we’re staying sharp … and finding our equivalent of a mental whetstone when we realize that we’ve lost our edge.

And if we can make sharpening and honing a regular practice, even better.