As we venture through this world called Life, there are things you may never come to understand. I have discovered and witnessed more than my fair share, and I have been consumed, just as many of us are. Hope has nothing to do with surviving or obtaining a better place. Hope is an illusion. There is destiny, fate, and karma. There is also much that we must step up and do, to gain a better understanding, and to manage the wrong. The irony of Love, is that it guarantees some degree of anger, fear, and criticism. In the act of loving someone, you will arm them against you! Love is a kind of Military Service. Where there is love, there is Pain! You can win this war!