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Can you be haunted by the present?A Hopeful New Year to you all
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are looking forward to the new year. I am looking forward to the new year in hopes that all the negative expectations that I have been hearing all around me about the problems our country faces in the next four years turn out to be empty speculation. I realize that inflation is at an all-time high and public morale and support is at an all-time low non-the-less, I will try to have faith that we will all pull through any adversity that comes our way. I know, the US has many problems to work out, including the growing problem with funding for Social Security and Medicare for seniors and health care in general for the entire country. Also, many businesses are cutting deeper with each lay-off putting more and more Americans out of work and on the street and for those people, I pray that it is only a temporary situation. I know that the dollar is worth virtually nothing and the markets are crashing right and left as corporations are forced to downsize or choose to move factories to other countries leaving many workers scrambling to find alternate positions that many times do not offer an income on the scale that they are accustomed too, making it even more difficult to support themselves and their families. I've heard the rumors that the end of the Iraq war or the withdrawal of our military personnel may not come as expeditiously as we were led to believe and many more of our service men and women may be heading to yet another war that our countries politicians have chosen to commit us to, in the name of freedom. I know we had all hoped that there would come a time where all mankind could get along and live harmoniously with our neighbors at home and away. We may or may not see that glorious day come to pass but I have chosen in spite of all the negativity surrounding us that I will harbor hope. Hope that in this new year a better life is to come and I will reach out to others who have hope as well. Perhaps, if we all have just a little more faith and hope we really can make things better for the future if not for the now. A hopeful new year to you all.
I must agree that our so called "World Peace" may seem unattainable and for many of us it may very well be so in our life times. I recall a bible story about the Christians herded into the arena full of lions, to them I'm sure it seems like there is no way out, no rescue at hand but through their combined faith they were saved. As you say, bring peace to your corner of the world, let our neighbors both here and abroad do the same and maybe, someday all those corners will be connected to create a complete and harmonious frame around us all. I know that ever unreachable "world peace" has been striven for since the beginning of mankind by many but until all of mankind realize that the alternative is self destruction it will continue to be so. It is HOPE that keeps us moving toward the goal, peace, happiness and prosperity for all.
God bless you Carol and thanks for your comment
Hi Deb,
The thought of "World Peace," although a lofty goal, seems unattainable, after listening to the nightly news. My perspective is to try a bring Peace to my corner of the world. And hopefully . . . others will respond in kind. Like a "Pay it forward for Peace."
We'll keep lighting those candles of HOPE to make this world called our home, a brighter place to live.
Happy New Year to you too!
Carol :-)
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