[Julie Steiner]

I habitually do lots of things that are probably futile.

I pray to a deity that probably does not exist.

I actively participate in a church whose misogyny I will probably not be able to change.

I write letters to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who probably doesn't give the slightest rip what I think of his regime's mistreatment of various prisoners.

I get involved in long arguments here, which probably don't make the slightest (positive) difference in what what people already think.

I keep pushing for a pediatric heart transplant center to get established in my hometown, despite being told that it's impossible, for various reasons.

Oh, wait! Two months ago, that one actually worked out!

Maybe there's hope for some of the other stuff, too.

Ever the optimist,
Julie