re: It's rather touching to watch you try to be nice.
I ♥ U 2 Mary Anne.
;-)
My great-grandfather was fond of saying "And this, too, shall pass." every time things got crazy. It was particularly handy during the war years, during the evacuations and later with the bread lines, currency devaluation, etcetera. He picked it up from a story about Solomon.
The saying was passed down through the younger generations and pops up whenever folks get caught up in the adversity, or the ecstasy, of the moment.
"And this, too, shall pass."