coming back to the world
Posted on December 30, 2007 - Filed Under general
i had to come back to the world today. it’s sunday, the 30th. i’ve been off for holiday. i’ve ignored the news. i’ve been on the couch. i’ve been seeing friends. i’ve been playing bohnanza.
but this morning i had to get up early and go in to work. i listened to npr on the way in and finally got caught up a bit on the bhutto situation in pakistan. i did hear about it last week but i told myself that i was on vacation and i didn’t want to deal with the world. a selfish attitude, i admit. anyway, it’s time to start thinking of these things again. time to start looking at the world again.
that’s a hard thing to do. well, it’s not to much hard to look as it is hard to hold on to hope as you look. i think that in order to make a better future, you really need to have hope in your heart. these days, that can be a hard thing to do. maybe it’s no different than any other time, maybe it’s just that the computer, 24 news broadcast and the iphone in my pocket make me see more than i used to. honestly, i’m not sure. i do know that i’ve had a hard time feeling hopeful. the sound of my presidents voice grates on me. i have a hard time believing that any of the politicians can help make things better. . . the whole system seems so broken.
but if i’m going to lead the life that i want to lead, if i’m going to be the person that i want to be, i had to hold hope in my heart. hope that the world can be a better place. hope that i can make a difference in it, even if it’s just a little one. hope that yes, tomorrow will be sunnier than today. (and hopefully with less snow as well).
so as we approach the new year, i urge you all to hold on to hope in your hearts. find that little bit of beauty in the day, the one that makes everything a little bit brighter. i’ll be looking for that glimmer of sunlight as well and with a little luck, and hope, we’ll see a better tomorrow.
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