"But if you do with conviction the next and most necessary thing, you are always doing something meaningful and intended by fate.” A modified version of this insight, “Do the next right thing,” has since become a slogan favored among members of Alcoholics Anonymous, as a way to proceed sanely through moments of acute crisis. **But really, the “next and most necessary thing” is all that any of us can ever aspire to do in any moment. And we must do it despite not having any objective way to be sure what the right course of action even is**. "Fortunately, precisely because that’s all you can do, **it’s also all that you ever have to do**. If you can face the truth about time in this way—if you can step more fully into the condition of being a limited human—you will reach the greatest heights of productivity, accomplishment, service, and fulfillment that were ever in the cards for you to begin with." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[expectations]], [[acceptance]], [[momento-mori]], [[progressing-slowly]], **Source** -- [[202410130434 - B - Four Thousand Weeks]]