Top Highlights

• The problems at night may have a little to do with the past, but they have a lot more to do with what you are choosing to do in the present.
• We all have battles to fight. And it’s often in those battles that we are most alive: it’s on the frontlines of our lives that we earn wisdom, create joy, forge friendships, discover happiness, find love, and do purposeful work. If you want to win any meaningful kind of victory, you’ll have to fight for it.
• their moments of darkness often led, in time, to their days of greatest growth.
• But in an age of distraction, we’ve lost touch with practical wisdom. Our wealth of common sense fails to become common practice.
• To get there, it’s not enough to want to be resilient or to think about being resilient. We have to choose to live a resilient life.