Don't want to sway too far from the original post ...but we live in a fantasy world...the way people live, look..everything is glamorized...much of what we see and hear are all glitzed over...even the war coverage...yes, tons of reporters, but, believe me, we're not seeing even 5% of what is really happening. A lot of reality comes more to the fore as you gain in years, I think, at least if you have more than tunnel vision...when I was younger, I had more of an adventerous life...looked at things much shallower..didn't really SEE everything and avoided anything that would be a hassle or become a problem. As I'm getting older, kids and all that...grown up kids now, I seem to see and feel things more deeply...think about stuff that I didn't think about before...politics, life, etc..but at a different depth...more inward.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854