The requisite post about Shabbat Nachamu

So I'm a little behind on this blog, and Shabbat Nachamu was a few days ago.  The observance of it is poignant for me this year, as Shabbat Nachamu is a reminder that there's hope.  Even in the darkest times, when it seems like the end of the world as we know it, we are reminded that hope is real and also external to us.  When we have lost hope it still exists somewhere outside of us, and we need only locate it.