To ignore the anguish in these circum-stances would be the height of pollyannaish deflection. To allow them exclusive attention, however, disregarding other discrete units of living, would be to surrender salvageable experience to the tragic image. The ideal in personal growth is harmony between very importantpriorities, like survivingin a terrorized neighborhood, and the many ongoing, unsymbolic, even paltry experiences. A full breath here, a live smile there, a vigorous moment, a vibrant color——all reverberate within the margins of the potentially overriding larger purposes.