My Father in His House of Logs |
Monday Jan 21 2008
I was in a conversation the other day with some friends. It wasn’t long
before we were bemoaning the ‘state of the world’. We moved from
politics in Washington DC to global warming and the Middle East, then
took on the environment, the media and the latest arrest of suspected
terrorists in Spain. In a few minutes, we were feeling a bit of despair
at the seemingly endless list of intractable problems, most of which
are threatening our quality of life—if not the future of our entire
species. Even though I am almost a professional optimist, I still sometimes feel
the ‘pull’ toward resignation, an almost irresistible urge to just
throw in the towel.[Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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