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title: "Leave with this -->  You don’t drown by falling into the water—you drown by refusing to swim.(mea"
description: "Leave with this -->  You don’t drown by falling into the water—you drown by refusing to swim.(meaning: life will throw problems at everyone; what determines the outcome is whether you choose to tak"
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locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/100000000494239.md"
published_at: "2026-02-27T20:27:23.000Z"
author: "[Sunrise Trader](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/24261295)"
---

# Leave with this -->  You don’t drown by falling into the water—you drown by refusing to swim.(mea

Leave with this --> You don’t drown by falling into the water—you drown by refusing to swim.

(meaning: life will throw problems at everyone; what determines the outcome is whether you choose to take responsibility and start dealing with them, or just keep blaming the water.)

Source: Sunrise Trader

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