ON DESPAIR

"Alone we are vulnerable.

If we try to go to the ocean as a single drop of water,

we will evaporate before we even arrive.

But if we go as a river,

if we go as a community,

we are sure to arrive at the ocean.

We all need a community to prevent us

from sinking in the swamp of despair.

Community building is the most important action

of our century."

 Thich Nhat Hahn