[whitecrow]

Fear accomplishes nothing for us and everything for them. Fearmongers understand better than the rest of us maybe, that fear proceeds from attachment. No attachment = no fear. Hardly anyone reaches the point of no attachments, but hardly anyone tries, either.

We cannot think clearly while afraid, cannot make good choices. Whether each of you can cope with some upcoming disaster is a question I cannot answer. I do not see disasters, only changes and opportunities. I see tragedies uncounted, but I cannot change the vast majority of them. The opportunity is there to grow and help others and become stronger: seize it. I see mankind striving to lift itself from an ignoble dream. I see nations struggling to grow up. I see noble ideas flash around the world to millions of people. I hear the word Love spoken in its incorrupt sense for the first time in decades.

I know the banks will fail, people will be uprooted, there will be wars. These things have already happened, in our own time and countless times before. What I do not know is who will be affected, or how much. I do know I have the strength and the resources to endure for a while, at least. My intent is to use my time wisely, and allowing fear to penetrate my heart would prevent that.