Storm in a teacup…
It's just a storm in a teacup... (but) the cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone.(Paulo Coelho) When you're in a raging storm, it seems as if the whole world is like a big ocean that is threatening to capsize your boat. You feel like all the ocean water is coming in. You can't seem to keep afloat any more. The sails are flapping and tearing. You're afraid that whatever you're holding on so tightly now, won't make it. That makes you want to hold on even tighter. However, in life, the tighter you hold on to something, the more you feel insecure about it. Like the sails in the boat, the tension must be right. If it is too tight, in a storm, the rope keeping the sails to the boat may snap. So letting out the rope a little will help to keep the boat afloat.…