From the Daily Stoic;
It’s too much. Not another thing. Not another problem. Not another person. Not another piece of bad news.
You. Just. Can’t. Handle. It.
We all feel that way.
But that doesn’t mean it’s true.
Athletes learn that your body is a liar. That when you feel like you’re at capacity you’re actually not even close to your physical limitations This is partly why Seneca talked about treating the body rigorously—so we can learn to triumph over those limitations, that we get good at asserting who is in charge.
“I can handle/Way more than I can handle,” Bon Iver sings. And it’s true. We all can. You have so much more in you than it feels like you do. And how do you know this? Because the load you’re handling today dwarfs the load you could have carried at other times in your life, the things you are handling calmly today would have freaked you out just a few years ago.
You have so much more capacity. Your inner citadel is strong.
You got this.