Frederick Bachman. Anxious people (№ 420554)

we retreat, and continue to move forward with even greater speed. We build our lives in the place where others crashed against the wall. The closer we ourselves are to this wall, the more we hope to pass through it. The closer it is, the more stubborn we believe that the most incredible solutions will come and miraculously save the situation, while those who are watching us from the outside are waiting for ... a blow. "