(keywords) (slightly edited version) Loneliness, not fitting in, beyond the pale, animal sanctuary, spiritual faculties, marzipan, spare me, discriminative intelligence, inherent limitation, compounded, flux, equanimous perspective, embracing loneliness, my ashes, techniques, backlog, ka-pow, denied life, argument, agility, assuaged, overwhelmed, pariyatti, fear of failure, trusting in true principles, optimistic persuasion, the folly of their ways, pessimism, hell in a hand-basket, military industrial complex, middle way, Mahamangala Sutta, Discourse on the Greatest Blessings, aspiration.