Elizabeth's hopes for success seemed to perish and the joy went out of her life, as there seemed to be no exhilaration in the world for her. She found herself stranded and unready before the storm of her miserable life. She lived in a world that is beyond her control, she had a decision to make: either to keep trying to control a storm that is not going to stop or believe in the African proverb; however long the night, the dawn will break.