Let’s say the circumstances get hard. What is a useful skill to learn then?

Not paying too much attention to them. No big discovery, right? Don't burn my gas on things I can't control. Surrender to God, who actually is in control. But look, here's an interesting nuance.

When a better season comes, this very same skill will still be super handy. Because getting lost in good circumstances can be equally dangerous. Turns out it’s not just the bad stuff, but really any stuff that can pull my attention from God, who's the ultimate point of all. Unfortunately these good things, like good health, stable money, peaceful schedule, can do it extremely well ...and dangerously quiet.

So here's my proposal for a circumstantial rule of life.

Things happen around me.
When I'm attached to things instead of the things' Maker, I miss the point.
I can train the anti-attachment muscle - it keeps things safely far from my heart.
I need this same muscle for managing both bad and good things.
Bad things are easier to train on, though.