It is understandable if you are beginning this day feeling powerless and adrift in a storm of cruelty and impending violence. The news of the day can leave us clutching fearfully for some kind of control over our lives and some kind of hope for our species.But, what if we refuse to live out that scenario? What if we refuse to be defined by the brutal externalities we see in news reports? What if this day we see ourselves as healing cells in the common body of humanity? We can resolve to live this day with our humanity intact no matter what others do. We can choose to empty ourselves into this day fearlessly as radiant manifestations of what it means to be fully human.It is possible to live this day as isolated individuals born into a time of meaningless cruelty and ignorance. It is also possible to live this day as lovers of humankind who offer ourselves as living reminders that cruelty is not courage, certainty is not wisdom and domination of others is never true peace.