Read moreAt moments like these it is hard not to wish for an end to suffering–a cancellation of it. But friends, a life without grief is hardly worth living, and someone who is not willing to give his or her life for something worth more than mere living is hardly alive.
When your child goes through disappointment, who hurts more?
Steve Rosenbloom is a sports columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He writes a column (though it’s really more like a blog entry) where he spends most of his time agitating, playing the devil’s advocate, and criticizing various Chicago sports teams and...Read moreHope is not the same thing as optimism that things will go our way, or turn out well. It is rather the certainty that something makes sense, is worth the cost, regardless of how it might turn out. Hope is a sense of what might yet be. It strains ahead, seeking a way behind and beyond every obstacle.