I wonder where our humanity is during these troubling times. Are we, as a society, like a volcano ready to erupt with our burning emotional bitterness and hatred and fear? Can we begin to look within ourselves to see how we can deal with one another? Can we have a community without resentment, re-sent-meant? I will live with unresolved issues over and over. We need to acknowledge that we need others.

Personal responsibility means I have to look at the part I play. I have the option to do something or let things stay the same.

I, as a victim of physical and sexual abuse, could blame others a...