Hospital floors are quiet at night, but nobody there is resting. Pressure doesn’t always look loud.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Serious strain is often silent. The loudest rooms are not the ones under the most pressure, and the people carrying the heaviest things frequently look calm and unremarkable while they do it. If you only recognise difficulty when it shouts, you will miss most of it, including your own.
Look again at somebody who seems to be managing perfectly, and ask them a real question this week. Notice too whether your own quiet is calm or just contained. Being steady on the outside is a useful skill, and it is not the same thing as being fine.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Whose quiet strain have you mistaken for calm?
MORE IN ADVERSITY, PRESSURE & RESILIENCE
- Halftime is for adjustments, not excuses. Almost nobody’s first-half plan survives untouched.
- Mean comments are written in thirty seconds by people who’ll never think about you again. Don’t give them thirty days.
- Struggling in public is embarrassing. Struggling in private is lonely. Pick someone safe and do it with them.
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