Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The fatalist teaches us what will be, will be.
Passing storms have a habit of reminding us that we must live with periods when all appears beyond our capacity to cope, or so it appears to be when viewing life through a lens clouded by fear that the raging tempest will never cease.
“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” ~ Epictetus
The imagination is that function emboldening the human person to think beyond the immediate stimuli provided by the senses informing us that all we sensate is reality; or so we reason sufficiently to be held captive by our senses imposing their outlook on our life.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own ~ Matthew 6:34
In His Sermon On the Mount, Jesus of Nazareth invites us to be mindful of His presence at our side,
shepherding us through those storms that appear to overwhelm our ability to weather.
Storms are life enhancing teaching us that to appreciate the rewards of living, we must needs be also face, and resolve those difficulties that daily appear encouraging us never to surrender to our fear of failing to leap over the next hurdle, administered to grow us out of our easy choice to wallow in our sense of gloom that all is lost.
“Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.”
~ Thomas a Kempis
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