Yesterday was a comparatively good day, news-wise.

On the war front, 314 prisoners of war — 157 Ukrainians and an equal number of Russians — were exchanged and returned home to their families.

And in the United States, Congress passed a bipartisan bill approving $200 million in security assistance for the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the face of perceived threats of aggression from Russia.

So it was a day to celebrate, as Buddha would have advised:

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”

In a world where life seems to grow more difficult with each passing day, it helps to focus on the good stuff, and to be thankful that — at least today — we didn’t die.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
2/6/26