Addendum - On the attacks in Belgium:

At times like this, I think of a quote from Code Name: Johnny Walker, at the point when Johnny decided he must become an American:

I didn’t always think this way. Maybe like most people – I hope most people think this way – I thought at one time that the world was basically good. I believed, and still believe, that we can all live together in peace, and by working together make our communities and the world a better place. I believe, I know, that it is better to make and to build than to tear down and destroy.

I thought all people around me believed that too.

Little by little, I saw this wasn’t true. Destroying is so much easier than building.

Like Johnny, we must persevere.