One of the temptations I face

here is to just be pessimistic about everything.

I was thinking this on the way to the DIY place to get something sorted out. In general it is rare to tackle an administrative task or a problem and get it resolved in one visit. You need several visits, phones calls, sometimes a letter by recorded delivery before things get sorted out.

Then the negative thinking starts...

It's because I'm foreign. (It's not. Our French friends have the same troubles, but it doesn't stop you thinking that way.)

It's because I can't explain myself or understand what people say. (It's not. Most of the language involved is quite simple.)

You end up expecting everything to be a slog and nothing to work.

Why though ? Why wouldn't God open the way when it really matters, as we have seen him do time and time again ? Why give way to this 'Nothing works' mentality, when it is not true ?

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