In a painful moment, everything can feel permanent.

In a painful moment, everything can feel permanent. One failure may convince you that you are incapable, and one difficult conversation may make a relationship seem beyond repair. But intense emotion is not always an accurate adviser. If the decision can wait, give yourself time to sleep, recover, and return to the situation with a steadier mind. Listen to temporary pain, but do not hand it your entire future. It may carry an important message without deserving the final word.