Let's talk about the most important thing one can do

while navigating the trials and tribulations of life.

The thing that, as far as I can tell, supersedes all others,

the great equalizer of human beings.

One's ability to get back up.

You simply cannot defeat someone who,

despite the inevitable obstacles life presents, rises to their feet again and again.

You can't take someone down who molds the adversity they face into armor they wear.

No, those people are gods of their own worlds.

They are immune to the shackles that hold most back.

See, the world is unpredictable.

It's challenging.

Often it takes everything we have, right? Even the most planful and most prepared

or at some point taken down,

even the most skilled will at some point find themselves outmatched.

There are no perfect roads,

and there are no flawless performances.

No one wins all the time,

which implies necessarily flawless performances. No one wins all the time.

Which implies necessarily the ones who create meaning in the world

are the ones who shape it from that chaos that surrounds them.

Who, when brought to their knees, refused to roll over

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