The coming days and weeks will show whether this is much ado about nothing or a serious threat. Either way it makes me wonder how the average individual or family is handling all of this uncertainty. Between the ailing world economy; ongoing threats of war and terrorism; earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters; and on-again, off-again public health scares, the post-Y2K years have been an unrelenting string of worrisome and sometimes deadly events. In fact, uncertainty has become the norm rather than the exception. 

This has long been the case in nations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East where resilient populations have learned to adapt to unimaginable stresses. But this is new to many of us here in America. Sure, things heat up now and then, but we are used to relatively quick cycles of uncertainty followed by prolonged periods of comfort and relative predictablity.

So how are you learning to cope with all of this change?  Do you find yourself dealing with fear? Do you suffer from anxiety or depression or do you just prefer not to think about it? How does your faith, spiritual practice or life philosophy impact your response?

Would love to hear your thoughts.