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Facing adversity
Faced with what eludes us, does serenity come from accepting our limits, from pushing them back without respite, or from knowing, at each ordeal, how to tell the two apart?
The storm that sweeps it all away
For months you have been preparing an outdoor event that means a great deal to you: venue booked, guests confirmed, the program planned down to the last detail. The evening before, a storm hits the region. By morning the site is flooded, the equipment damaged, the roads cut off, and the forecast promises two more days of rain. Guests start calling to ask what they should do. You stand for a moment in front of the disaster, phone in hand. Months of effort have been swept away in a single night by something entirely beyond your control. What do you do now?