170.The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I realize how crucial it is not to allow myself to become paralyzed by feelings of helplessness and guilt. More important than ever is to be very faithful to my vocation, to do well the few things I am called to do and hold on to the joy and peace they bring me. I must resist the temptation to let the forces of darkness pull me into despair and make me one more of their many victims. Henri Nouwen I am not a reader but this is one of the quotes I have been remembering and I read it somewhere in a psychology book when I was trying to work out what was happening with the forsaken. One thing about me is that I love being in the action. I love being among the doers. In my pack, I

