At times, modern day life breaks your heart. But it is important to keep trying.

I lose hope and then some innocuous post on a website rekindles my hope. When I read some years back that Malia asked the Prsident what he was doing about the massive BP oil leak into the ocean, that gave me hope. Go Malia!

And remember to give yourself a break occasionally from the mess that is the outer world. If you stay focused on the outer world, you don't see that 8 yr old kid doing somersaults in the first winter's snow. Or the middle aged volunteer coming into the elder home and reading Christmas stories to the clients there.

In any event,