There's a lot of negativity out there. Some of you DA members need to let yourself dream again. Stay positive, despite the voices of doom that seem to surround you. Contrary to the melodramatic rantings on television, and in so much of the mainstream media, the world is not ending, and we have plenty of reason for hope and a future. Today is full of possibilities, and tomorrow is packed with potential. You may be suffering and feeling miserable, or angry and resentful, but there are many answers coming if you'll stick it out, destinations that life itself will reveal. We have to permit our lives to teach us in every season, and this one we are currently experiencing will show itself to be as temporary as those that have preceded it.

Believe with me, though you may be passing through some dark valleys, such tearful settings are purposeful. They make us people of greater depth, people quick to empathize, and of genuine tenderness. We become better artist's and creatives because of what life teaches us, whether it seems good or not to us at the time of testing. As long as we are willing to wait for the time of turnaround, setbacks will change, transfiguring before our eyes. Setbacks are actually set-ups, and in time, opportunities take their place, once our trials have done their work in training us to recognize and seize the blessings when they come, and they always come if you're looking out for them. If you keep dreaming, it must come to pass, because you believe.

Don't give in to despair, no matter what. Believe you have a future and a purpose. There are no mistakes or accidents, none whatsoever. You a child of destiny, with a purpose to fulfill and a dream to weather through until you see it accomplished. The angels are rooting for you, fellow DA Artists!