Let These 3 Quotes Guide You Through Stressful Times

Adrian S. Potter
3 min readMar 19, 2022

Whatever is kicking your butt right now is temporary.

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Stress can be emotional air pollution. It is all around and impossible to avoid inhaling it.

Stress feels devastating when you’re swimming through the thick of thin things, balancing too many tasks at work, dealing with the demands of parenthood, or caring for others while ignoring your needs.

Sometimes you need reminders that, like The Shawshank Redemption, you can crawl through life’s bullshit and somehow come out clean on the other side. Tough times eventually pass.

Whatever is kicking your butt right now is temporary, while the flexibility and fortitude that you’re building will remain with you.

Below I’ve rounded up three quotes to refer to during moments of anxiety and tension. They offer assurances that no matter how stressful things seem now, tomorrow might provide the certainty and clarity you crave.

“These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.” — Najwa Zebian

It’s human nature to hold onto parts of the past. But you get to select what moments you carry.

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Adrian S. Potter

Antisocial Extrovert · Writer and Poet, Engineer, Consultant, Public Speaker · Writing about self-improvement, gratitude, and creativity · www.adrianspotter.com