Focus on the skills you can develop while you focus on what you are really responsible for, because those skills will hold you in good stead. In some cases, they’ll actually make all the difference here in this present world.

"As things get swept away in the world, you want to make sure that you focus on what’s really important, what you really are responsible for, which is what you’re doing right now, what you’re saying, what you’re thinking right now. You also focus on the skills you can develop while doing this, because those skills will hold you in good stead. In some cases, they’ll actually make all the difference here in this present world."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "The End of the World" (Meditations9)

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