Yes. My "one sermon" seems to be evolving from "life is complicated, dammit" to "there's no point in not trying, dammit" ... *rueful grin*

Plus, even in this current climate, things seem to me to be markedly better than they were when I was a kid. Ignorant and hurtful as people still can be, they are at least thinking twice and/or on the defensive on comments and attitudes that wouldn't even have been challenged in the 1970s and 1980s.