The clouds were thick and dark. We saw them from a distance but as we drove,   those same clouds seemed to envelop us. Suddenly we realized that we were inside those thick and dark clouds! We no longer had access to the bright sun. Our dazzling, sunny day lay many miles behind us. With no choice but to drive on, our brave car with bright lights blazed a trail through the mountains, over the rivers and through the woods and finally…finally, we came to a mountain peak, overlooking a sunlit valley. The dark clouds were gone. Clouds can be frightening because our vision is limited. The view from a cloud is, well… more cloud. We feel trapped, as though we will never leave the prison of clouds. They hold us within a quagmire of darkness. Joni Mitchell sang of clouds,                               But now they only block the sun,                                        They rain and they snow on everyone                                                So many things I would have do