What if one impossible task of this moment is to learn to let go? … Let go of our misguided ways of focusing so much on the things that ultimately matter so little, and so little on the things that matter so much.

We help ourselves the most not by trying to overcome our fears, anxieties and insecurities. We help ourselves the most, in the words of Tara Brach, by practicing some radical acceptance—acceptance of the truth as we find it now and now and now.