After the clash in Charlottesville, and the attacks in Barcelona, and other places around the world, it seems harder and harder to hold out hope for a world of compassion. But, we are woven into this world out of the fabric of love; colored threads cross together in our DNA, the weft of our kin interlaced with the warp of humanity; the tracks and traces of all races live in us. I believe we can create a dream planet; that it is, in fact, in our DNA to do so. As all things humanly created, it starts with a dream.

I love those moments in life when I let go of my drive to get things done, when I take advantage of my time in exotic places, and simply enjoy the world as it is. I wrote this a while back and reviewed it today looking at the unpublished drafts on my blog.  Even though I am in my familiar world here at my home, I liked the feeling that it gave me.