From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202480_2.html



Hi Carolyn:

It seems that everywhere I turn these days there's bad news -- food shortages, rising gas prices, etc. -- and it's really starting to get me down. How do you deal with things when there's so much negativity out there?



Blahs and More Blahs

Cultivate your little patch of earth the best you can, and, if you have energy to spare at the end of the day, pitch in on someone else's.

If it helps to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya," that's fine, too.