[Carol]

After listening to George Green's interview I didn't feel the best either. They have been telling us for months that it is up to us to facilitate the change we want to see. Yet most folks know that is really difficult when there are no real leaders to stand up behind.

It would nice if Aragorn (King of Gondor form Lord of the Rings) were here to lead us. Meaning it would be nice to have someone who is filled with integrity and not afraid to take the steps to bring this nation out of this quagmire. Yet what Aragorn represents is the best that one has to offer which is within each of us.

Irrespective of GG's message we all must move forward, do our best and let our hearts speak to us in the stillness of the night when we ask for guidance on how to press forward.

I've been in the midst of a disaster area duing the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. People were amazing.

Sometimes it takes something sudden, unexpected to wake folks up and put them on the path toward the light and to do the "right" thing. Just because a shake up has happened, is happening or is about to happen doesn't mean it's a bad thing. Instead it may be viewed as an opportunity to test one's metal. To discover that one is far more then they ever imagined, much stronger then they could have possible thought and far more resourceful than in the past.

I see those of us as staying put as the foot soliders. We are the ground crew. This is what we were born to do and this is our challenge. I am grateful for this time in life. In the end I know in my heart it will all sort itself out as nothing of true value is ever really lost.