The Dalai Lama once said, "The best defense is built where your enemies are. To be able to observe your vows and at the same time resist the worldly temptations of an environment where so many circumstances tend to awaken one's desires - is this not admirable, marvelous behavior?"

Meanwhile, Daniel, as predicted, became a hurricane in the Pacific, and a tropical depression, Beryl if it becomes a storm, is forming in the Atlantic (but behind all of these storm clouds, the blue skies still shine).