If you are sitting alone in your apartment, not watching (or don't have) a TV, and you feel an akward incongruity between the sunny clear blue-sky Saturday going on outside and the wailing grief of a nation, then spend some time with
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Tears do not darken our view of the world. The white trim on the brick building next door is gleaming in today's bright sunlight. Through tears, it absolutely sparkles.