To balance the grimness of last week, here is a Yolanda King quote from her speech at the Martin Luther King Jr Convocation in Santa Cruz a couple of years ago. It suits my mood today! I am choosing to believe things will work out, that life can be fun and wonderful again, that I can control my reality with my thoughts. I am excited.

“I know in my heart the dream will be realized. I choose to believe. And choosing is a powerful thing. It’s available to you at every moment. You can choose understanding over anger, believing over nonbelieving, action over inaction. It gives meaning to every choice we make.”