In difficult times, we don’t always need or want lengthy explanations of why things are as bad as they are, or sermons on courage and coping. Maybe what we need is simply to face facts.

Or, as Roman philosopher Seneca succinctly observed:

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca

As it was two millennia ago, so it is today.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
12/19/25