The sense of defeatism, all too present after the events in this
country over the last week, is the most dangerous myth threatening our future
right now. To throw up our hands and surrender to the myth of
inevitability is to relinquish the most precious gift given to humanity: our
capacity to change the world around us. We can be scared without being
resigned. We can be exhausted without being fatalistic. We can be
discouraged but nonetheless courageous.
