How many of you feel your senses being assaulted on a daily basis by the distressingly steady and toxic flow of bad news in the world? International conflict. Famine. Natural disasters. Severe economic downturns. Heinous crime. The list goes on and on. Most of us yearn for peace and safety, don’t we? We want tranquility in the small, private corners of our world and in the global community. In this encore essay, Darlene Van Straten shares her very personal insights about this widespread and shared challenge.
Darlene Van Straten is a technical writer who resides in Portsmouth, Rhode Island with her husband, who hails from Puli, Taiwan.
