He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends.

— William Shakespeare

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Money, the means to act, and contentment are three separate things, and lacking all three at once is a particular kind of hard. Any one of them can carry you for a while: people manage on little if they have some peace, and people manage without peace if they have room to move. When all three are missing, every problem arrives without anything to meet it.

If you are short on all three, restore whichever is cheapest to restore, and that is often contentment, in small doses. Sleep, an hour outside, one thing settled. It is not a solution, but it gives you something to work with.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which of your supports would you miss most if gone?

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