For the Record...

I am having a crappy day today...and this week isn't gonna be any easier. For that matter...it's been a crappy year...

I read this today:

Away, Despair! My gracious Lord doth hear:
Though winds and waves assault my keel,
He doth preserve it: he doth steer,
Ev'n when the boat seems most to reel:
Storms are the triumph of his art:
Well may he close his eyes, but not his heart.

George Herbert
(Works, I, 128)