from living on through those postulated somebodies. In common parlance, it is "kicking the can down the road". The need to reframe comes from finding ourselves in a blind alley: no more road left. What would those somebodies do if it was their problem? Biologically, given those few billion years, there well could be a different set of somebodies. Perhaps our message to them, if we could leave one should be to "Seize the Day!" Kathy C, I love that image of crafting a well-written short story, a little sparkling gem of a story. Robin Datta, you wrote: The corollary to letting go: encompassing everything. Is this why I feel this expansive sense of oneness with the universe lately? I let go of politics a while ago. I pay a small amount of attention to what happens at the municipal level. But I try not to feed it too much with my attention. We have a serious beginning here to developing an ethics of extinction. Alrighty then, roll up your sleeves. I did it. I apologized to him on YouTube. It hurt but, thanks to your comments here, I did it. Bravo, Guy. Instead of giving up hope for yr daughter, how about giving up that car? Well, if I thought for a second that giving up the car would magically restore hope for my daughter, wouldn't that be lovely. But you'll be glad to know that I chose my current home based on its close proximity to a walkable