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What Comes Down Must Go Up

May 25, 2014 by Alison Oatman Leave a Comment

“You should know, Sancho, that a man is not worth more than any other if he does not do more than any other. All these squalls to which we have been subjected are signs that the weather will soon improve and things will go well for us, because it is not possible that the bad or the good to endure forever; from this it follows that since the bad has lasted so long a time, the good is close at hand. Therefore you must not grieve for the misfortunes that befall me, for you have no part in them.”

—First Part, Chapter XVIII

How much of the negative or positive events in our lives are caused by something we have no control over? Each curse and each blessing might be a completely random occurrence. People often say, “Everything happens for a reason.” Things are either “on our side” or “against us.”

I remember reading about a swami who said the secret to happiness is to be one with whatever happens. “Whatever happens,” he said, “I’m alright.”

 

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Alison Oatman attended Wellesley College and N.Y.U., where she majored in Italian Language and Literature. She obtained her M.A. in Medieval Studies at Columbia University.

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