....Horrific.. traumatic horror seen by students, parents, and the world. The face of a killer that tore through the flesh and bone of students and teachers at Virginia Tech... A brief pause for some other notable random rakings from the day.. John Murtha says President Bush's Iraq plan requires a draft.. Firefighters and clergy are the most satisfying jobs.. The would be candidate.. Republicans desperation for a candidate turns to actor Fred Thompson.. A Capitol Hill welcome for LAW AND ORDER star.. Rutgers coach gets book deal after Imus firing.. Scientist: End cremation because of global warming.. Supreme Court upholds late term abortion law.. A horribly deadly day in Iraq.. John Edwards' $400 hair.. The random raking seem almost trivial today. So many other things to ponder. Worry about. Pray about. I am not trying to be negative but it's been a pretty bad week. Suffering from sea to shining sea and beyond. Guns raised in violence; warfare flaring. So many long for a simple, quiet, and serene night of sleep. A night in which there will be love and happiness surrounding their minds.. but instead they sleep in pain. We are all connected. Humanity does not exist alone. It's a maze of paths that almost always ironically end up being connected with each other in the end. And perhaps it's not coincidence. During trying weeks like this there is a reaching out to a higher power. A belief system seems to sustain us. At least we try to make it that way. We attempt in our simple human minds to explain the unexplainable.. to believe the impossible. Through snow and rain and wind and heat, we are all connected. So many nameless faces you pass each day with a story.. So many people alone. Desolate. And at the same time, so many happy and in peace.. a happy medium never seems to be reached. ...But it's Spring. A rebirth of the eternal. God bless this country.. With each gun that fires a newborn's smile comes to light in the world.. with each death comes a new being of possibility.. someone that could cure cancer. Heal the world. End war. Lead us. Souls go away just as new ones arrive. The magic and mystery of life.. but sadness of loss.. No words can explain the images of the a killer. No words can ever justify what we witness on our nightly news. Some parents may be afraid to bring children into the world. But maybe.. just maybe.. that child will heal this world forever.. end the strife. End the misery... Emanciate the world of hate and war... A glimmer of hope can arrive during a trying period of loss and hate. Latch on to that hope. Hope is the way of the world. It can make this world move forward. It can sustain us like nothing else. Hope. Hope..