The U.S. Dept. of Census/Statistics reports that for 1997 there were only 8.8 deaths per thousand....and only half of those were from heart dieseas or cancer....that's better than the past...and the world wide trend is also down....THIS IS GOOD

The U.S. birth rate is 14.8 per thousand....so it is plainly clear that we are copulating and repopulating faster than we are deceasing and depopulating. THIS IS GOOD

Prices are dropping, crops are in surplus and the means of distribution is available....This, also, is GOOD....

We live with foods, shelter, entertainment, and luxury that would have astounded King Solomon and David in all of their glory. Is it perhaps the "Richard Cory" syndrom that makes you morose?

Get off the "pity-pot" and share in the abundance around you.