If you can’t be brave in the face of adversity, at least be practical.

Clifford Cohen
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When we are faced with adversity and we cannot be brave and stand up for what is right, then it is critical that we be practical. If we cannot stand up for what is right, we will only fail and bring shame on ourselves and those we love. Nelson Mandela said: ‘Not to walk a mile in another man’s moccasins is to be blind to his point of view. It may be thoughtless not to listen.

But it is simply not to know the other man’s point of view. The lesson of that experience may well be that not everything that happens or happens to us is our fault.’

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