I ran into a relevant quote while reading Antony Beevor's "Stalingrad." The context was new soldiers coming into the battle when things look bleakest.
Once the new soldier had accepted that survival was relative rather than absolute, and he learned to live minute by minute, the strain eased.
This is something everybody has experienced, I suppose, during a car breakdown, automobile accident, health problem, or divorce. Take it one step at a time until you ratchet your way out of the disaster.
It should help to keep this in mind during the economic destruction of the next few years.
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