Is Springtime flooding your soul yet? Every year at this time I am amazed at the sense of renewal the simple fact of increased sunlight, budding trees and blooming flowers brings to my spirit. It may be trite but I really do feel like anything is possible when the world is displaying it before my eyes. Last night at a meeting, a friend was discussing something her therapist had told her during a bout of deep depression following a tragic event in her life. He told her, "Out of crisis comes renewal." Each of us took a moment to let that reality sink in. We began to agree that that is the message of any crisis. We are so busy living our lives in the moment when we cannot make sense of things very well. Understanding comes only in retrospect. Not until we have moved out of the crisis experience can we begin to see the ways in which we have grown or the unforeseen blessings that may have come to us as a result. We spent Ea...