Like thunder, we get a flash of brilliance.  However, to keep that brilliance we have to find a way to be unafraid of the thunder and to expect rain along the way.  In other words, we have to have an umbrella of preparedness.  When poverty enslaves us and we find ourselves without that American “job” from years ago that we once had it is time to do what we know best.  Sometimes we have to inhale and never give up on the storm all about us.  We have to take the umbrella and get under it until we are out of the storm’s way.  No, the rain won’t let up but we can get through the storms of life by saying, “I can do this and I will do this.”

The bottom line is don’t give up.  Don’t let the “storm” in your life win.  Find a way to make it.  You can do it.