In life we are offered opportunity to choose how we approach challenges despite appearing to be cornered with only one way out. Without weighing the circumstances mindfully, autonomic response will kick in, and it can save or it can kill.
These challenges are not just individual but stand before nations, and in grandiose terms, civilizations. Yet the challenge is first met most effectively on the personal level, for only that reaction, be it visceral or cerebral, will make the ultimate difference.