But perhaps some residual Y2K apprehension. And, beyond all this computer stuff we ve heard about, with good reason. We live in a world that is far from ideal. Carbon Dioxide gases cause greenhouse warming. Chlorofluorocarbons destroy the ozone layer.
Garbage piles up all over, while toxic waste seeps into the underground water supply.
No sooner do threats of war and violence diminish in one region of the globe, than new hostilities and tensions spring up elsewhere. AIDS continues to spread, virtually unabated. It seems as if the future presents great mountain-like obstacles. Questions pop up. And we wonder how to react.