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    From Storms Clouds Come Angels
    From Storms Clouds Come Angels
    From Storms Clouds Come Angels
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    From Storms Clouds Come Angels

    By Sean M. Douglas

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    The time is now, the place is here; that is all that ever will be. Honest and profound, there are those ideas in life that rest deep within us all, forever waiting to be discovered, forever asking why. Insightful and reflective, the words speak of the mind, body, love, loss, passion, deceit, and the pursuit to better understand ourselves and our changing role in an ever-evolving universe.

    From Storm Clouds Come Angels confronts the ideas that we often wish not to confront but rarely can avoid. It is a novel full of such devotion that one cannot help but relate to the same thoughts and feelings that arise in the most unexpected times and the most unexpected places. It is a novel of truth, honesty, and passion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateApr 14, 2010
    ISBN9781466925083
    From Storms Clouds Come Angels
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    Sean M. Douglas

    Respected for his profound perspectives on the human condition, Sean M. Douglas spent many years on tour in the amusement industry before receiving degrees in philosophy, religious studies, and English as well as a number of business certificates. As a member of the clergy, he balances life between his passions and his pursuits. He currently resides in Toronto.

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      From Storms Clouds Come Angels - Sean M. Douglas

      SEAN M. DOUGLAS

      From Storm Clouds Come Angels

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      © Copyright 2008, 2010 Sean M. Douglas.

      In association with Douglas Enterprises Limited

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.

      Trafford Publishing edition published 2010

      ISBN: 978-1-4269-2763-8

      ISBN: 978-1-4669-2508-3 (ebook)

      Cover design: Sean M. Douglas

      Order this book online at www.trafford.com or email orders@trafford.com

      Most Trafford titles are also available at major online book retailers.

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      Contents

      SEAN M. DOUGLAS

      Preface

      Part One

      I

      II

      III

      IV

      V

      Part Two

      V

      VI

      VII

      VIII

      Part III

      IX

      Epilogue

      Endnotes

      From Storms Clouds Come Angels: Notable Quotations

      About the Author

      Sometimes life is not always about understanding what we know, but knowing that we cannot always understand.

      True strength is inspired

      by those who truly care…

      Through your caring

      I found that strength.

      Thank you.

      Acclaim for Sean M. Douglas’

      From Storm Clouds Come Angels

      Honest and insightful, a true work from the heart!

      From Storm Clouds Come Angels deals with the elements of life that truly make us human.

      To understand the nature of man’s emotional condition is a gift; to express this understanding is an art.

      Spectacularly honest; the novel’s pain brings a beautiful comfort to all those who have ever felt alone.

      Philosophical, yet simple and real; Douglas finds the words to feelings usually only felt.

      Magical and profound, rarely is such honesty revealed in words; an inspirational reflection.

      Rarely may thoughts be so well expressed as true reflections from the heart.

      Intriguing, inspiring, insightful….

      Preface

      LIFE is a series of unavoidable moments that forces each of us to lose ourselves in a state of confused reflection. It is this confused place that we feel our problems are the only ones that exist, when no matter how hard we strive to understand the various meanings of our seemingly disordered life, the only thing that we find are more questions. Like a carnivorous cyclone, our minds, like a storm cloud, revolve around a universe that we so delicately have pieced together like a puzzle, only to realize that the picture is never quite complete.

      Then, just as suddenly as the storm clouds arise in our minds, we are met by calmness, an acceptance, a knowing that we cannot always understand. We surround ourselves by an ever-changing milieu, skeptical of who and what to trust, but too afraid of being alone not to take a chance.

      These writings began as a reflection of the turmoil that life so often offers; expressing the mind through written words is often more cathartic than trying to express thoughts through conversation. These thoughts, intended to be a snapshot of a moment, is a wandering of words intended both for myself and for anyone who feels encouraged enough to read them.

      Words are powerful and may harm or heal, they may demand sympathy or instil guilt, and they may unlock a hidden emotion or change a way of being, but ultimately words convey a moment in time and a place in history when often the best way to communicate a feeling is through written thought. Words reveal a place within one’s self that at times seems so wrong and at other times so right, yet always a mystery of what was and is.

      Life is a time and a place that together create a moment. A memory, a feeling, a sensation; it all equates to a single concept of who we are. We often find ourselves lost in a state of emotional confusion, only to find that in the end we feel that we are either better off or worse off, but either way we always are.

      Trying to understand these ideas, these feelings and these beliefs often leads us to question what it is that we are doing in this moment and at this place, and whether what we have become is justified by who we want to be. We attempt to dictate who we are by trying to understand what we are, but we realize that the only thing that we understand is that we know less than we thought and we will never know what we feel. What we do understand is that our lives are an interconnected weave of the people and experiences that we encounter on every plane. Some we love, some we resent, some we admire, some we repent; there are those whom we cherish and those who give joy, those who we lose and those who annoy; we meet people who give and people who take, people who are real and those who are fake; we find passion in some and we cherish them dear, then there are those people whom we look at with fear; yet all of these people give meaning through strife, but it is all of these people who make up our life.

      The more my words wander, the more I appreciated – that while one’s own problems are always the worst – my problems are no different than the most cheerful spirit or disenfranchised soul. No one does not experience moments in life that are beyond what one feels may be comprehended at any given time or place; we all face moments when we are alone to dwell with our minds, and it is our minds that often take terrible revenge.

      This was initially written in desperation, clawing at something that I yearned for,

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