In an interview Michael Caine explained how someone in the theater once instructed him to “use the difficulty” whenever something went wrong on the stage.
If a prop door got stuck use, an umbrella didn’t open it, an actor forgot a line, “use it.” Any difficulty could become an immediate vehicle for comedy, improvisation, etc.
“Use the difficulty,” Caine explained, also became a phrase his family drew from whenever something went wrong in their lives.
Isn’t this is a fascinating way to reframe everything that doesn’t unfold in the way we expect or hope?
Just “use it.”
On Emotions 