The Basic Skill.

Woah! That first draft was WAY too big. Anytime Cleveland, Dinosaurs, Cod fish and some asshole on the Dan Ryan expressway make it into the same blog you know you might have to focus a bit tighter on what the hell it is your trying to say....try again.
I'm still upset about Fred. Despite the coordinated efforts of a half dozen vets and hours upon hours of research on the Net and hundreds of people praying, Fred didn't make it. We know so little about what makes us tick and sometimes have no answers when our bodies break down. It is a humbling experience to have no control over the fate of a loved one.We care and love and learn through these times so that we may become more skilled at living a good and graceful life.

The basic skill of of caring and nurturing for what we love is a skill we still struggle with as a species.
War and killing we have down to a science. Hell on a good day we could wipe out almost everyone...at least back in the good old days before nuclear disarmament.
It's funny how hard we struggle to keep people housed and fed and healthy sometimes barely pulling it off and yet we can kill people half way round the world by remote control. I guess it is harder to make a life than it is to take a life.
Nobody said this was going to be easy but I am positive if we put our minds and hearts together we can become as skilled at living as we are at dying.
I've heard it said today that it is a dangerous world we live in. Very true.
I also believe the world is what we make it and I know we have the skills to make it a better place.
Amigos,I'm all for trying.