When you keep hitting walls of resistance in life, the universe is trying to tell you that you are going the wrong way. It's like driving a bumper car at an amusement park. Each time you slam into another car or the edge of the track, you are forced to change direction.

Perhaps that is why desire causes men calamity. By identifying with our desires and taking them too seriously, we not only increase our susceptibility to disappointment, we actually create a climate inhospitable to the free and easy fulfillment of those desires.

Calamities reveal your capabilities. Take note of this and when times get odd, prepare and shine.

May God protect us from every calamity.

Calamity is virtue's opportunity.

Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.