When forced to pick the lesser of two evils, you end up with evil. Is this really the best we can do?

Try to be compassionate and forgiving.

Try to be compassionate and forgiving.

Before the aggression and chaos will end on a global level they need to end on an individual level. We need to be role models of right action.

Before the aggression and chaos will end on a global level they need to end on an individual level. We need to be role models of right action.

Fear causes people to do bad things. When overwhelmed with fear, it is always best to remember your humanity and treat others as you wish to be treated.

Fear causes people to do bad things. When overwhelmed with fear, it is always best to remember your humanity and treat others as you wish to be treated.

Too many people spend too much time when they're old dwelling on the past, on what could have been, and maintaining resentments towards those they feel maligned them.

Too many people spend too much time when they're old dwelling on the past, on what could have been, and maintaining resentments towards those they feel maligned them.

To anticipate possible realistic outcomes and to prepare for them is a rational approach to life. Inventing irrational, massively unlikely outcomes and then believing they will happen, and then terrorizing yourself with those fear thoughts -- not so much.