It is an inexorable Law of Nature that bad must follow good, that decline must follow a rise. To feel that we can rest on our achievements is a dangerous fallacy.
Inner strength can overcome anything that occurs outside.
The thing I am most aware of is my limits. Jonathan Swift Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. Zen saying Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.