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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

A small wooden ship's wheel standing in a tray of green rippled water with a small wave curling by it.
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The sea provides a comparison between changing circumstances and learning how to respond to them. Stopping the waves is unavailable, but acquiring a skill is not. The image shifts attention from eliminating difficulty to developing a way of moving within conditions that continue.

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