Finally, rising in this sense is an everyday craft. Begin with a one-line creed you can enact, not merely admire. Record evidence of progress—three sentences at dawn, one difficult call placed, a skill repeated until competent. Protect attention as if it were capital, because it is. And when the shouts return, answer with Butler’s cadence: translate the intention into an action—so be it; see to it. Over time, the quiet becomes cumulative, and what once seemed like a whisper carries the weight of a roar. [...]
