That ecological embraceshould recommend the reality that we are all vulnerable in an instant, and in no less a manner than all those hundreds-of-billions of other creatures who are at our mercy.
Nobody is going to get everything he or she wants, but everybody is going to embrace -- or everyone shouldembrace the significant deficit reduction which weall say is a goal and which weall say is necessary at this time.
Weallshould aspire to be a catalyst in fostering a more complete understanding of diverse peoples and a more genuine embrace of our differences, and thus helping to create a better world.