It is another gorgeous day here on the West Coast of Canada, waking up to the changing seasons, a cool northern breeze, and the dropping of the leaves; crisp sunshine burning through the lingering dew drops of the soul. It is hard to believe that amid such beauty, such violence can rage.

The newpaper headlines of raging violence could be picked from any paper, or magazine, world wide, on any day of the week in any language, or culture. It seems to have no borders.

The U.S.A. – Canada Border was virtually shut down yesterday for most of the day as the FBI alerted the RCMP that a violent offender was heading North to Canada on a motorbike. This sounds like a tale out of a Monty Python act; was he armed with a super squirter? At any rate, in protest, the Canadian Border Guards, who are not armed (but CAN be dangerous ;)), walked off the job, fearing for their safety.

Point taken. The way to quell any fear is with a Colt 45 as a sidearm, right? Let’s face it, those people that are the most afraid, lock their doors, have a burglar alarm, own a gun, take precautions. Those that don’t do these things are either plain naive or stupid {severe sarcasm alert here!}. Those people that somehow are able to look past the evil in the world and still see all the good and the beauty must just not get it, right? I mean who cannot understand that guns will cure the problem? He who carries the biggest one, wins. Is that really how history will be written. Did Gandhi and Lennon have it all wrong? Are the nuclear reactors in Iran and Pakhistan simply for energy? Everyone should just relax. The brainwashing of various sects of society which starts in infancy doesn’t really want to see the western world blown off the map. They must see the beauty of our mornings! I am sure it was misquoted when the senior director of Intelligence for the U.S. told the Pakistani president to be prepared to be bombed back into the stone age! (if they didn’t cooperate with the U.S.) Yikes. How will this cycle of violence ever end? Maybe the world should look a little harder for the beauty in each day and start leading instead of following.