Reply #62: We have a lot of photographers to thank. :-)

[Kailassa]

I wanted to get across her very "ordinariness", because this is what gives us a reason to hope for America. America is full of Cindis, it's just a matter of each person finding it within themselves to stand up and say, "This is enough, I will NOT take it any more."
It's a matter of respecting our fellow Cindis, wherever they appear.

The problem in America now is not just the bunch of rogues who stole a place at the helm. It's the far reaching effects of the culture of greed and lust and materialism. It's the notion that power and possessions equal self-worth, so that even a few people on this board feel free to ridicule others for not not being what they consider successful.

We need to get back to a culture of kindness. We need to assume that everyone we meet deserves respect until they prove otherwise. We need to each make ourselves into someone who other people can talk to, and can ask for help. We need to each find the core of our own being, the place where our ideals and beliefs are rooted.

When you can say: "I will," or "I won't," from this place deep within your soul, circumstances seem to work along with you, to help enable you to keep your word. This is the Magic of Mothers, because the stresses of Motherhood are one of the surest ways to bring this out in a person.