Spinning Out of Control?

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A question for your table followed by a story followed by a question.

First question: Did you ever have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day?

The story: Yesterday someone told me about his own terrible, horrible, very bad day. It included a mysterious health problem that seemed to come out of nowhere, a "worst, most turbulent airplane flight of my life", and a torrential rainstorm of Biblical volume.

After all of that, he finally found himself seated in the comfort and security of a Mercedes limo, on a mostly-empty freeway. The storm continued but the worst appeared to be over.

Suddenly, without warning, the car started to spin out of control on the freeway, ultimately crashing into the median. Thankfully, no one was injured.

Now if you click on the link in the second line above, and read the 5-star and then the 3-star (and lower) reviews, you'll see a strange phenomenon. Most readers love that book, but many are disappointed because it doesn't have a sugary happy ending. What do you think? Is that book a failure because "it doesn't resolve" (as one negative review put it)?

Or is it a success because "We can always go to bed, and try to have a better day, and make better choices, tomorrow"???

We know many people in a closed city or state (like California) who either have fled or planning to flee or fantasizing about moving to a city or state that is more open/safe/comfortable. 

Second question for your table: How much does our location have to do with having a great v. "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad" day?

Shabbat Shalom

and

Chag Sameach!


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