Putting problem in their Proper Perspective

Ellen says: Sometimes when we are faced with a serious problem, we feel depressed with its seeming magnitude and weight. When this happens, it is profitable to wander out in the evening and look up the sky. We see countless numbers of stars. From outer space, the sun in our solar system will only appear as one of the innumerable number of stars. If the sun were to disappear suddenly from space, would its absence be noticed from outer space.

We should know what things in life matter and what do not, and that our troubles
which come and go are of no real significance.Troubles will soon pass. What had cause you to burst into tears today will soon be forgotten to morrow. You may perhaps remember that you cried, but maybe not the exact circumtances which caused the tears. As we go through life , we waste so much mental energy when we lie awake at night brooding over something that had upset us during the day.

Whatever our troubles, however pressing they may appear, time will heal our wounds. But besides living things to mine, surely there must be something we can do to prevent ourselves from being hurt in the first place. We could maintain our peace of mind by not allowing people or troubles to drain our energies away since it is ourselves and not others who create our unhappiness.