CHAPTER 21
The 3-4 Method
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
—MATTHEW 6:27
One of the things I love most about emotionally resilient people is that they’re actively calm and when active they’re calm. They’re aware. They’re present. They’re the kind of person who when you think of them later you say to yourself, “That person is impressive.” It’s what we mean when we say gravitas. Even if it’s posed. We believe it.
They know that carrying emotion is heavy. Emotions have real weight to them. The emotionally resilient ones just seem to move through the world like they’re lighter. Because they’re breathing. They’re in contact with the movement of air in and out of their body. That allows them to self-disrupt the emotional ...
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