Remedy for Spiritual Exhaustion (Easter Special #2)

Why are we Americans such a gregarious but lonely people? My friend Alliekatt McPoguemahone, previously mentioned here in the "America, the Nincompoop" post (see archive), has found both the answer and the remedy in her adopted homeland of Ireland:

"I have finally gotten it. The Irish respect self-sufficiency and motivation, but it is not the light that they fly to. They fly to the light that breaks through when our armor breaks down and reveals common human ground of mortality, difficulty, struggle, grief, and heartbreak."

Read the rest on Allie's blog.