I would like to introduce a counterpoint to my normal doom and gloom and cranky/weird/insightful/ introspection: http://nhne-pulse.org/2012-was-the-best-year-ever/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nhnepulse+%28NHNE+Pulse%29
I strongly encourage you to watch the video at the end, the 4-ish minute one.
It truly is “wars and rumors of wars”, isn’t it? If you can’t release the fear here, now, in whatever circumstance you find yourself, you can’t do it anywhere else. There are people going hungry in Africa and elsewhere, I suspect–who suffer, and of course don’t want to suffer–but who worry less than we do here, surrounded by living conditions far in excess of the greatest kings of old.
There is no reason for me to stop blogging, to stopping trying to understand, to comment, to contribute, but I have every reason to stop worrying, to stop fearing.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived. Don’t remember where I saw that, but I’ve always liked it.