A Quote from Mr. August Wilson

Today this section of Jitney caught my ear again. Its fantastic advice that is pure poetry in this play... think about it...

BOOSTER. Fine, I'm doing fine. Just trying to figure out what to do.
FIELDING. If you in the treetop you can't do nothing but jump to the ground. But first you got to know how you got up there. Did you climb up to get some apples or was you run up by a bear? You got to know that cause you might have to start running when you hit the ground.

If you trying to figure out what to do ... you got to first figure out how you got in the situation you in. That's something simple. But you be surprised how many people can't figure that out.