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DISASTER

Mute black night,

Sudden fire.

Destruction.

Disaster strikes at its own time. It is so overwhelming that we can

do nothing other than accept it. It alters the course of our days, our

work, our very thinking. Although it is tempting to resent disaster,

there is not much use in doing so. We cannot say that a disaster had

malice toward us, though it might have been deadly, and it’s hard to say

that it has “wrecked” our plans : In one stroke it changes the very

basis of the day.

Disaster is natural. It is not the curse of the gods, it is not

punishment. Disaster results from the interplay of forces : the

earthquake from pressures in the earth, the hurricane from wind and

rain, even the accidental fire from a spark. We rush to ask “Why?” in

the wake of a great disaster, but we should not let superstition

interfere with dispbumionate acceptance. There is no god visiting down

destruction.

Disasters may well change us deeply, but they will pbum. We must

keep to our deeper convictions and remember our goals. Whether we remain

ash or become the phoenix is up to us.