For the fortunate amongst us, the fourth danger is comfort; the temptation to follow the easy and familiar path of personal ambition and financial success so grandly spread before those who have the privilege of an education. But that is not the road history has marked out for us. There is a Chinese curse which says "May he live in interesting times." Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind. And everyone here will ultimately be judged -- will ultimately judge himself -- on the effort he has contributed to building a new world society and the extent to which his ideals and goals have shaped that effort.
--Excerpt from Robert F. Kennedy's speech to National Union of South African Students, 1966.
Like it or not, the current state of the planet is not exactly what we would have anticipated. Has your career taken a sudden turn, or maybe hit a wall? I've certainly been effected by the current economic and political climate. Will you give up? Keep seeking what has brought you comfort in the past? Will you create a new career? A new way of looking at the current situation?
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