This poetry Friday contribution sums up a lot of the conflicting feelings in me of late. ’nuff said.

A MAN SAID TO THE UNIVERSE
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
“A sense of obligation.”

Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/582.html