When the Umbrella Isn’t Enough
An umbrella is excellent protection in ordinary rain, but in a powerful storm it can quickly become useless. Episode 263 uses that image as a metaphor for the ways we cope with life's difficulties. Staying busy, exercising, humour, distraction or simply pushing through may help us through many situations, but sometimes the storm is bigger than our usual coping mechanisms. That doesn't make those tools useless, and it doesn't make us weak. Sometimes wisdom is recognising that the weather has changed and finding better shelter.
Today’s Five Star Minute invites you to slow down before the year…
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