November and December of 2015 will be the months remembered for the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. As a nation, we mourn and sympathize with the country of France and the state of California. Social media lit up with pictures of Paris and San Bernardino, expressions of sympathy, pictures of the French flag, quotes from politicians, religious, and philosophical leaders. Our hearts go out to all affected by these horrible acts and to those who survived. Multiple times on Facebook appeared a quote from American composer/conductor, Leonard Bernstein. In reply to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963, Bernstein wrote a letter to be included in the New York Philharmonic programs that weekend. The quote: “We musicians, like everyone else, are numb with sorrow at this murder, and with rage at the senselessness of the crime. But this sorrow and rage will not inflame us to seek retribution; rathe...