We tend to underestimate how sudden change can be.
When everything is thriving, growing, and flourishing, we assume the bounty will keep multiplying—tenfold, year after year. We declare an era of prosperity and admire our reflection in golden mirrors.
In ancient tradition, hubris leads to the loss of fortune (peripeteia), which in turn brings divine retribution (nemesis).
Then comes catastrophe—whether in the world around us or within our own souls. Growth halts abruptly. Resources dry up. Progress turns out to be hollow, values false, and stability an illusion.
At rock bottom, a man gasps for air, flailing in thick mud. Hope is lost. It feels like things can only get worse.
But that, too, is an lie—just like the arrogance of success at its peak.
No matter how hard things seem, everything can change in an instant. In fact, the worse it gets, the better. The sharper the crisis, the closer the collapse of the status quo.
"The king is dead, long live the king!"—declared the regent, the Duke of Orléans, on September 1, 1715, upon the death of Louis XIV, proclaiming the five-year-old Louis XV as the new ruler.
The summit has been crossed. The crisis has passed. A new horizon opens before you.
You’re dealing with a force infinitely greater than yourself. Defy it, and it will crush you. Turn away, and you’ll wither.
But he who humbly learns to wield this fire will be rewarded beyond his wildest dreams.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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