Michael, this is fascinating and sobering. I am now age 70, as is this writer; it is natural, normal to start to number the days until my time in this world is up. I am not being depressed here. I just want what time is left to count. I pray, in short, for God's Will. We cannot lose with it.
I had a CD playing in my car yesterday, and on it was the old song "Moon River." It reminded me of JFK; then I saw a documentary today on his death. As I reflect, it seems with his passing in 1963 our country reached a high water mark; it has been ebb tide ever since. I think you can relate.
We Americans have a Puritan streak in us. We tend to be hard on ourselves when we are not perfect. This does not excuse evil. What I am saying is - as this author admits - we still have it pretty good here in comparison with the rest of the planet. We are not perfect; this does not excuse evil.
Rather, we need to nurture as best we can the good that previous generations have passed to us (I am using Confucian logic here).
I cannot control the world, society, the future; to borrow again from Confucius, I can control what's in me, my morals, values. This is the challenge; it is also key to successful living regardless of the bad times around us. I take comfort in this insight from the old Chinese sage.
We can, in the end, choose to save our souls. Amen.
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