Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize. Hope.
World ice caps gone in 23 years. Despair.
Torture as a routine American practice. Despair.
Mainstream TV covering the topic of U.S. Government-sanctioned torture on prime time, network TV show “Without A Trace,” Thursday October 11, 2007. The information divulged under torture was useless. Hope.
Creating and engaging in a reasonable and ethical life amidst the volatility and utter unbalance of lives set in this world that seem to be caught in a vortex of destruction requires a focus on calmness and peace that is difficult to maintain. But we have to keep on trying. Everything is generational and continuous. The illusion of individual as a significant element is what gets us in trouble. We are but a sputter in a candle. Light is the the process, the essence. We must acknowledge the difficulties, the despair, but we must move on and continue to attempt to create beauty and peace as a part of the process of hope that will never cease as long as there is a single bit of humanity in our species.
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