Johnnie wrote:
Yes, a part of me once saw failure as happening just that way: something coming from the sky, something too big and too powerful for me to fight against it.  ...  When we give time a little more time, though, we see: the whole battle is fought in the moment...and that, praise be, is the one thing over which we do have some control.  

 That was a big fear of mine too, Johnnie, that all my time, energy and work would be taken from me by forces beyond my ability to control.  But you hit the answer on the head, that all I could control was the next couple of minutes and taking them just one at a time, each would always be do-able!   Well said!