Stability

"What will see me through the next 20 years (and I am less sure of those 20 than I was of 'forever') is my knowledge that even in the face of the sweeping away of all that I assumed permanent, even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties, in my definitions, I did not break.  The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.  Stability comes from inside, not outside...." ~Lucille Clifton