The positive spin

I thikn one thing I really miss about tour, besides the beautiful landscape and architechture, is the overall positive attitude. Every day seemed like a good day, there were certainly bad points but no sadness could last for long. Back here at home I can barely find a person who is not negative in their speech and actions.
Specifically, my roomate was in a very bad mood becuase he was worried about something (I don't really know what it was about). That negative attitude really placed a heavy burden on me and I could barely stand it. I'm really sick of our daily depression and anxiety that seems to be a prerequisite for college students. I really need some happiness.

A time in Germany

Here is something I wrote in my tour book:
Seeing the amazing arcitechture (sp?) of Germany and Austria was incredible. Some of the cathedrals and fortresses have shown me the incredible creative power that God has given his people. At the same time, I see man's detructive power; WWII destroyed much of the historical arcitecture and, though some has been restored, a large piece of our history has been lost due to violence.
I find it hard to understand and deal with things like destroyed arcitecture and, even more so, the loss of innocent life such as what we saw in Dachau, Walking through the incinerators and the gas chamber and seeing pictures of literal piles of bodies changes a person. Its hard to believe that people whould do something so horrific; did these people deserve their pitiful fate? Where is God in all of this? Is man so depreaved that we cannot do otherwise? Did Hitler feel remorse? Yet I know God is here and working because of a bus that loses its top gear and miraclulously begins to work again after prayer, firends that appreciate me, and the natural beauty of the Alps. It makes me long for an end to our present condition.