SOURCE:  "When Things Are Tough, Remember This." Daily Stoic. March 27, 2020
KEYWORDS:  worse, tough times, bad times, overwhelmed, difficulty

Most languages have some expression to the effect of “When it rains, it pours.” For instance, in Latin malis mala succedunt means troubles are followed by troubles. In Japanese, they say, “when crying, stung by bee.” The point of these expressions is to capture an unfortunate reality of life: that what can go wrong will… and often all at the same time.