By Leah McClellan

The fire of hatred and violence cannot be extinguished by adding more hatred and violence to the fire. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

What was your emotional response to the news that Osama bin Laden is dead?

Here’s how it went for me. I was half-awake, bleary-eyed, sipping coffee, and going through email before starting some work. As I quickly scanned Facebook, one post almost gave me a heart attack.

Osama and Obama look so similar (half-awake and sleepy-eyed, anyway) that I thought the president was dead. I looked again. Osama. Not Obama. Phew! That’s different.

I went downstairs to get some more coffee, then I buzzed through the online headlines and got on with my work. But not without processing a little of what I was feeling about bin... More...