In Hardship, Choose Bewilderment Over Cleverness

Often times, because things go "our way" we tend to become proud and start to believe that we are the masters of our destiny. A self-made person. And then reality kicks in. By the whim of fate we are struck by some higher forces of nature. Disease, unemployment or death of someone dear and relevant. The rational mind will try to make firewood out of the lightning struck tree as soon as possible. However, as Toko Pa Turner suggests "we need to let ourselves be disoriented first". In so doing, a new perpective may be gained. There is hidden wisdom and even beauty and wonder in what appears to be a calamity.