Fear is at the door.

We can choose to ignore it.

We can choose to confront it.

The irony of life is that those who are the smallest and forgotten have considerable courage, and the self-proclaimed best among us have no courage at all.

Our President, the current captain of the ship of state, wanders the halls of the White House, stroking his ego.

His officials under him refuse to answer truthfully about the wolf nipping at our heels.

This President and the GOP leadership are hobbled by their own hatred of self, which manifests itself in a hatred of humanity.

This is not the end of the world.

This is yet another chance for the world to come together and change its social-political-spiritual habits.

It is a moment to throw wide the door and let the breeze of truth blow out the dusty darkness in our collective souls.

When trouble comes, it is then that the mind focuses on how much we need each other.

When darkness falls, we all join together and take comfort in the light of compassion.

This is a moment to realize deep down that life is about the "Now."

It is about living.

Life is not about saving for that end, that retirement, that last moment of existence.

This life today, not tomorrow, is about the everyday texture, the ups and the downs; that is what it means to live.

To live a life waiting for the next is to waste this one with a healthy dose of spite as a chaser.

Irony teaches those with a sense of humor in the juxtaposition of opposites.

How funny that death stands at the door; it can teach us so much about how to live.

We will live through this.

We will learn.

We will learn that compassion begins between you and me and spreads to touch all hearts, even if they don't get it.

We will learn that love is the only power in this world that can conquer a disease.

Love is the only power that can conquer hate.

Take care of yourself and others, and know you are loved.

Peace

Daniel J Frey aka Toby