The thread's title reminded me of the young Anne frank, who wrote:
[FONT="]It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.
[/FONT][FONT="]When i was young and really idealistic, i thought so too. But the Word says something else-). I think she said that, as she also believed:
[/FONT][FONT="]I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]