When I woke up there was a message waiting for me from Dej, my brother in-law in SecondLife, that he wished to talk with me. But when I logged in he wasn't there at the moment.
Instead I got a call from another trusted friend and when I told him how I was feeling he sent me this picture of a Russian icon showing Saint George fighting the dragon with the words: "Sometimes we must look to the past for inspiration. Dragons can be overcome and often take many forms."
The picture and the words made me really happy, because I had been thinking along those lines myself, but casting myself as a Don Quijote instead of a Saint George.
Then Dej came online and we had a good, long talk about life, love and the universe, actually everything except motorcycle maintenance. After that I felt less hopeless, sad and tired although very sleepy.
