Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Emotional composure is valuable because conflicts and worries will seem insignificant in the long run.
- In plain terms
- Stay calm because nothing matters much a hundred years from now.
- What can you take from it?
- Maintain composure during conflict since time diminishes the importance of current grievances.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What worries you today that won't matter in a decade?
- How does time change your view of a current problem?
Another view
Some urgent issues require immediate action rather than cooling off.
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