"In every situation, we can "Always **prepare ourselves for more difficult times**. "Always **accept what we’re unable to change**. "Always **manage our expectations**. "Always **persevere**. "Always **learn to love our fate** and what happens to us. "Always **protect our inner self**, retreat into ourselves. "Always **submit to a greater, larger cause**. "Always **remind ourselves of our own mortality**. "And, of course, **prepare to start the cycle once more**." ([Location 1623](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00IX49OS4&location=1623)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[momento-mori]], [[responding-to-change]], [[resilience]], [[control]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[consistency]], [[mindfulness]], **Source** -- [[202409180132 - B - The Obstacle is the Way]]