Things happen, you know, that cause you to step back and look at your life--who you are, what you are about. So it was this week. And I turned again to Etty Hillesum, her wisdom.

"One thing though, is certain: we must help to increase the store of love in this world. Every bit of hate we add to the surfeit of hate there already is, renders this world more inhospitable and uninhabitable."