Global hope is in trouble, and many people operate on the basis of their own “can do” spirit. But when we’re battered by storms, everything depends on the strength of our anchor.

The world anchors its hope in money, success, prestige, education, nationalism, health advances, and positive thinking. Sooner or later, those lines break, and we’re spun around in the waves and capsized. Take the legendary band, The Beach Boys. Despite its runaway success, the group has been haunted by what some commentators call the “curse of the surf.” Of the three Wilson brothers who started the band in 1961, two of them, Carl and Dennis, died young. Dennis dove into the water at a marina and drowned while under the influence of alcohol. Carl died of cancer. The third brother, Brian, ruined his life with drugs. When co–founder Mike Love was asked what single thing had most impacted The Beach Boys, he replied, “Drugs.”1

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