Hope at last in Daydreaming on the Porch
- Jan. 1, 2021, 12:53 p.m.
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For just as the harshest winter always gives way to the warm blush of spring, the season of our suffering will give way to a brighter tomorrow, where change becomes a catalyst for new growth and spiritual maturity, and we are able to move on with the joyfulness of being alive.
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The last day of the life-altering and tumultuous year 2020 has passed into history. At last, the new decade has a fitting beginning.
The pandemic has dominated everything. And then there was the election which sowed mayhem before and after it was over. And even now. There were hundreds of civil rights protests against injustice. The Earth experienced another year of record-breaking heat. The pandemic decimated the economy and people’s entire lives.
But it is a new year. I have renewed hope since the election that finally the great issues of the day will be tackled, and the US will rejoin global efforts to combat climate change. If not we’re in for apocalyptic affects on human civilization and every other species we share this planet with. There are vaccines now for the coronavirus that has shattered so many lives this past year.
There’s hope, and I feel it deeply for the first time in years. 2020 was a terrible year for Planet Earth, but let’s put it behind us and move on towards a future of positive change, advancement, and enlightenment for humanity. We desperately need it.
Last updated January 01, 2021
Deleted user ⋅ January 01, 2021
Yup.
mcbee ⋅ January 01, 2021
Wishing you a healthy and happy new year. Hope is a great start!
Oswego mcbee ⋅ January 01, 2021
Thank you! I wish the same for you, and continued hope.
Newzlady ⋅ January 01, 2021
Beautiful and fitting photo.
Oswego Newzlady ⋅ January 01, 2021
Thank you! 😌
Telstar ⋅ January 01, 2021
My first boss out of college...........
"Things will always be better in the future...........
When you think that today."
Oswego Telstar ⋅ January 01, 2021
That is a good saying to remember!
Kristi1971 ⋅ January 03, 2021
The apocalyptic thing is already happening - just not right here in the US. People are having the shift and move due to climate change and what it's doing to the environment.
Kristi1971 ⋅ January 03, 2021
I agree. There is hope.
Marg ⋅ January 17, 2021
I also have great hope for this year and although this is terribly late (I’m still trying desperately to get my bookmarks down to one page!) I would like to wish you all the very best for 2021 :) I realise the events at the Capitol had not taken place when you wrote this so I hope they did not ‘knock you off your stott’ - once the 20th is passed, we’ll all breathe a little easier!
Oswego Marg ⋅ January 17, 2021
Yes, indeed. Every day’s news about the amazing plans for the first ten days of the Biden administration leave me excited and hopeful!!