"Life does that to us. It kicks our ass. **Everything we work for can be taken away.** All our powers can be rendered impotent in a moment. What follows this is not just an issue of spirit or the mind, it’s a real physical question: **What do you do with your time? How do you handle the stress of the whiplash?**" ([Location 1911](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=1911)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[failure]], [[resilience]], [[adversity]], [[progressing-slowly]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]