The news stories which seem to receive the most time are filled with doom and gloom.  They cause feelings of frustration and fear.  We worry that these stories will hit closer to home and that we may be personally affected.  We are afraid that recent citizens or their children may become radicalized…we’re even afraid because youth with Canadians name who have been radicalized and killed.   We are afraid when aid workers return from places with serious health concerns…of them becoming sick and spreading it to us.  Sometimes the gloominess of the news is so burdensome and heavy…to the point that we feel prisoner to it.  Considering the news…we wonder whether things will ever change…and we wonder whether people will ever be able to live together peacefully.

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