(April 18, 2013 at 8:41 pm)Tonus Wrote: You deal with it by considering the possible outcomes and being as prepared as you can be. This wasn't very different for me as a believer, since I felt that god would only intervene in those circumstances that affected his plan. For any other situations, there was always the possibility that I'd be disappointed. Many believers will use "it must have been god's will" as a way to cope with disappointment. I consider that a sort of "fox and the grapes" type of situation, where you rationalize away the disappointment as best you can.
Without the ups and downs, life wouldn't be such a roller coaster. And everyone loves a roller coaster, don't they?
right on,
whats the best way to deal? is it unhealthy to be like the fox who stopped liking grapes?
I mean say the car went away, should I sit around for a year and think about god damn it the cars gone im so disappointed!!!
or wouldn't it be better to be like, o well its gone, i'll try to find another. ?
