Swiped from maugorn:
I posit to you all that acts of terrorism, violence, & hate do not tend to be committed by happy people, also that such acts are to done to make more people unhappy ( Read more... )

Yes, you loved them.
Yes, they died.
Yes, they were killed by terrorist action.

Now let it go.They would not be any less dead (or missed) had they died peacefully in their sleep, or after a painful battle with cancer, or by being hit by a drunk driver, or just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  (And, yes, I know it's not easy to let ( Read more... )

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I shall remain.

Thanks to punkwalrus for reminding me of this ( Read more... )