Life is continually changing and if you're trying to…
Page 73 Life is continually changing and if you're trying to control it you'll never be able to fully live it. Instead of living life you'll be afraid of life. But once you've decided not to fight with life, you'll have to face the fear will cause you to fight.
— from Takeoff Into Chaos
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You cannot control that you will arrive in Los Angeles today — you can only intend Los Angeles, take the prudent steps of buying the ticket and getting to the gate, and then accept that the rest is weather. The harder you grip life in order to control it, the less of it you will ever actually live; instead of flying you will spend the whole trip merely afraid of flying. The deepest form of this lesson is the one that took me longest: do not be so attached to the results of your actions. — Takeoff Into Chaos
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