To be sure, I’m a pessimist by nature being raised by a mother who was the epitome of gloom and doom. Indeed, Mom would be in full end of the world mode given recent events. Admittedly the recent earthquakes in Syria and Turkey bring predictions of even more disasters to come. If you look at weather patterns for the past few months, the climate looks like something big is up. Flooding in this country is now the norm and it’s been the earliest tornado season in history. Mom would have course pointed out how all of this has been happening according to biblical predictions. In any event the rest of this year could prove very interesting.