Hope at last

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.

Author unknown

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.