Reply #6: You've expressed what I've been feeling.

[Duwamish]

"I’ve never even come close to fulfilling my childhood desires of saving the world, or even the part of the world with which I came in contact. I’ve barely come close to saving myself, in that, over time, I have become disaffected and disillusioned."

I'm feeling sadness edging on despair. Maybe I watch too much Olbermann and Maddow. When Maddow goes into the players behind the tea party and lobbyists behind legislation I feel hopeless that my little voice would be able to change anything. It's like there's a train heading full speed in the wrong direction. At times I get so down I force myself to turn off the TV and not watch these programs.