Endurance,,,

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured-Dean Acheson

I know so many folks who come apart when they are confronted with adversity. First, they chastise themselves for not living up to what must be endured; then they blame others for "getting in the way" of their problem solving; and before long the entire situation has escalated beyond its original importance.

That reaction is, of course, merely another form of subterfuge. All of us are masters of "diverting" the issue. But it's not just grace under fire that we need to learn. We need to understand what is worth noting as a correctable error and what is worth calling 911 to fix.