As I was watching the sky on an intermittently cloudy night, it occurred to me that the stars are always shining, even when covered by clouds. Remembering they are there is an act of faith, but one backed by repeated experience. The first time they disappear, the child may doubt they will return, but they do. Likewise, all of experience troubles, but they end, or we learn to deal with them. The stars return, and we value them all the more for it.
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