If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it arou

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I dont embrace trouble; thats as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say: meet it as a friend, for youll see a lot of it, and had better be on speaking terms with it. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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