Life is fragile. I almost forgot that and then BLAM!! I get gentle reminders from the universe. Friends die, get sick, get arrested. A guy I used to know was arrested for putting a camera in his 14 yr. old stepdaughters bathroom. Rot in hell, bastard. At 14 the very least you deserve is a little privacy. A sculptor I know Louis Jemenez, was killed when one of his huge monumental sculptures fell on him and severed his femoral artery and he bled to death. Killed by the art that was the out pouring of his very soul. What irony is that? Another friend's husband was diagnosed with a really fast growing brain tumor. Another with bladder cancer. The forests are burning..... ad nauseam. Now somehow in all this pain and suffering we are duty bound to find joy and peace. Action is the only answer. Reach out to those who need it. Compassion is everything. Remember those mirror neurons.