CARRY WOUNDS CARTS : WORLD PRECIS

WE all carry wounds, and some of us carry wounds much graver than others. We confront obstacles, including unjust and senseless ones.

We must tend to these wounds.

We must push hard at these obstacles. But we mustn't treat every wound, every obstacle as some cosmic outrage or mortal danger.

We mustn't lose sight of the struggle, imperfection and randomness of life. We mustn't overstate our vulnerability and exaggerate our due.

While grievances blow our concerns out of proportion, humility puts them in perspective.

While grievance reduces the people with whom we disagree to caricature, humility acknowledges that they're every bit as complex as we are - with as much of a stake in creating a more perfect union.

The World Students Society thanks Frank Bruni who is the author of the forthcoming book '' The Age of Grievance,'' from which this precis is adapted.