One of those things that I’ve heard throughout my life but never really understood was this: “Things can’t get better for us, but the world can be a better place for our children and grandchildren.” Really? That soon? I don’t think the world will ever be good for you. You have to make the world good in order to find the good. Be the good. Saying “the world can be a better place” sort of implies that the world will just magically be good, that your kid will be born and everything wonderful will somehow get stuck to his sleeve (please, no unicorns). In any case, my world is probably really great. There’s hunger and poverty and theft and cheating, lying, war, death, misunderstandings… But there has always been. I’m not sure why anyone thinks we can defeat these problems. But in addition to those things, there’s also love, laughter, happiness, smiles, hand-holding, foot massages, deodorant, light switches, tennis shoes, envelopes, self-stick stamps, and even the sun is still burning. I’d like to see an activist say something positive some day.

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