Earlier this morning in a chat with a co-worker, I was asking them whether they could do something, and they dropped the “Only Sith deal in absolutes” quote and without even thinking, I responded with “Do or do not, there is no try,” and it was only just then that Yoda’s latter statement to Luke directly contradicts the earlier statement by Obi-Wan. I started thinking through the implications of that, and then decided it is probably just sloppy writing.

Pretty much every link and post and article in every one of my feeds right now is about how horrible everything is and how it is only going to get worse. Most of them are written in a “Can’t you see what is happening, you fools!?” tone, and it is really getting to be more than I can take.

On the one hand, we are told not to close our eyes, not to hide from what is happening, not to fool ourselves into thinking that even if everything is falling apart, at least we are safe. On the other hand, we are told not to take it all upon ourselves, that no one person can take in all of the news and do all of the things.