As I was typing ‘the rain is pelting down my office window’, the sun immediately came out. And I kid you not as soon as I typed ‘the sun came out’ a cloud blocked out the rays.

The weather in Britain, especially at this time of year, is a fantastic metaphor for the ups and downs of life:both the weather and life are unpredictable, uncontrollable and impermanent. As Maya Angelou said ‘Every storm runs out of rain’.

We will experience many storms in our lives. What we can control is how we choose to weather them.