Peter Blomquist works in global philanthropy, education and organizational development. 

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Human beings suffer.
They torture one another.
They get hurt and get hard.
 
History says, Don’t hope
On the other side of the grave,
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
 
So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge.
Believe that a farther shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells.
 
--Seamus Heaney, From “The Cure at Troy”