Today's thought of the day was sent to me by my father. He got it from The Sun. It came just when I most needed to hear it. Of course, today I am still feeling prickly and out of sorts. I am going to take my prickly self to the school and get ready for tomorrow so that I can't jab an undeserving Mikey with any venomous spikes. I will, however keep these words in mind and hope that over time they will sooth my confused and desperate mind.

"Stop thinking this is all there is…. Realize that for every ongoing war and religious outrage and environmental devastation and bogus Iraqi attack plan, there are a thousand counter-balancing acts of staggering generosity and humanity and art and beauty happening all over the world, right now, on a breathtaking scale, from flower box to cathedral…. Resist the temptation to drown in fatalism, to shake your head and sigh and just throw in the karmic towel… Realize that this is the perfect moment to change the energy of the world, to step right up and crank your personal volume; right when it all seems dark and bitter and offensive and acrimonious and conflicted and bilious… there’s your opening. Remember magic. And, finally, believe you are a part of a groundswell, a resistance, a seemingly small but actually very, very large impending karmic overhaul, a great shift, the beginning of something important and potent and unstoppable."

~ Mark Morford
(The bold was added by me.)