No matter how much we are educated regarding the issues of addictive behaviors we find ourselves addicted. No matter how much we understand the need for people to live in peace and harmony we continue to see people warring with one another over lands, money, gender, race, and religion. Addictive behaviors don t just include alcohol or substance abuse and warring does not just include armed conflict. I truly believe that people want to do the right things. I believe that people are generally raised to do what is right and there is a sense in which that is the most important thing.
Parents don t want their children to grow up to be criminals.
They don t want to see their children display antisocial behaviors. They want to see their children grow up and have things better than they had. We all want to see people happy and productive, and we are dismayed when we see people filled with depression, anger, and rage. We grieve with the people who lost loved ones in Wakefield the day after Christmas and we grieve with those who lost loved ones in El Salvador in the earthquake yesterday. There are so many signs that we can point to and recognize that all is not lost.