#coping

In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#attention #avoid #book #consequences #coping

I choose not to think of my life as surviving, but coping. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#coping #i #life #my life #surviving

I'm not coping very well with all the attention, if I'm honest. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#coping #honest #i #very #well

Sometimes I just think depression’s one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there’s so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it. ↗

— Ned Vizzini

#depression #funny

You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity. ↗

— Alysha Speer

#coping #drown #enduring #free #hope

On some dimension or other, every event in life can be causing only one of two things: either it is good for you, or it is bringing up what you need to look at in order to create good for you. Evolution is win-win…life is self-correcting. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#spirituality #life

Humor can make a serious difference. In the workplace, at home, in all areas of life – looking for a reason to laugh is necessary. A sense of humor helps us to get through the dull times, cope with the difficult times, enjoy the good times and manage the scary times. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#boredom #cope #coping #difficuties #fear

Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail. ↗

— Malcolm Bradbury

#culture #defining #detail #way #world

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#because #confused #coping #feel #food

Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#action #coping #fears #first #later