Saturday, June 3, 2017

Sadly, I Don't Need Shades

These days the future doesn't seem much more than bleak. Every morning I turn on the news looking for hope and all I get is disappointment, embarrassment, fear, and deep sadness. I need to stop turning on the news. After all, if I don't hear it it isn't happening, right? Ha! I wish. What I probably need to do is stop hoping for anything less on a national front and just stick close to home. With that in mind, I see a much brighter, happier future. But I also see a great number of people who are either talking without acting or acting but not long enough to make a difference. Important issues go unanswered and are left to die down. Why do we let them die down? Do they become less important? Do we allow our daily busy get in the way? Do we give up too soon? Whatever the reason it seems the powers that be know this about us and they sit and wait patiently. Like predators.

When I say I need to stick close to home to see a brighter future, I mean right here at home because the issues in our area, much like the national level, need to not only be addressed but changes need to be made at the elitist level and I don't think there are enough motivated peons to secure us a bright future. What is it that shuts people down? How do we lose our compassion? How do we sit and just let 'them' do things we know in our hearts are wrong?

So, what gives me hope for a brighter future here at home? This kid right here:



Perhaps it will be her generation that grows up and makes that difference in the world that is just and good. Maybe her generation will be fair and honest. Maybe their compassion will stay strong all their days. Maybe they will have the key to standing up to elitist leaders and make those much needed world changes.

This post is linked to Five Minute Friday where we write for five minutes about the prompt without stopping.

The prompt this week is FUTURE.






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14 comments:

  1. I never watch the news, haven't for a very long time! Either my dad calls me or I see it on Facebook. My own littl world is hard enough for me to handle. Perhaps and maybe....I certainly hope so!

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    1. It's best to stay away from it. There seems to be some sort of horror every single day. My own little world is hard enough too, girl! :)

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  2. I appreciate your writing. It's very sincere and from your heart. I also agree that there is so much hope in our children! I am a school teacher and I work regularly with preschool up through senior high at our private school.
    I hope you find those moments where Jesus breaks through with a song or something like a rainbow, a sunrise, a sunset, where you remember that your Faith is making a difference in the world immediately around you!
    :)
    Love,
    Tammy
    (#85 this week on FMF)

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    1. When I taught, my elementary students were very good at keeping hope alive. I hope they never lose their enthusiasm. I am one who never loses hope no matter how bleak. At least, I haven't yet and things do look so bleak. So many changes are needed in the world these days and especially right here in the good ol' USA. It's difficult when there is no compassion at the leadership level. I just keep remembering what my dad always tell me--God is in control. :) Thanks!

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  3. Visiting from FMF. Even my doctor told me to turn off the news. So no news is good news, right! I learned in one of our bible studies that there is the world's way and there is God's way, I choose God's way.

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    1. It's crazy out there for sure. My dad always reminds me that God is in control and that has become my mantra. It's the only thing that gets me through. :) Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

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  4. I will admit to you, that I have stayed away from news, and newspapers and I even got rid of any news from my apps on my phone. I want to enjoy life and the blessings I have been given. So much crap is going on, it steals my joy and my peace. I can't change anything any way. Peter works at a T.V. station eight hours a day and he manages to not know what is going on, so I need to try that too.
    You have that lovely baby to look at and listen to and I think that is all you need to worry about, because God really is in control. :) Have a lovely weekend. I hope your weather is nice. I got a arm load of books from the library. I am going to be reading lots about Charleston. Someday I will come and see you.

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    1. Well, all I have to say now is, COME ON! I can't think of anything more delightful than a visit from you!

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  5. I watch the first 10-15 minutes of the news at night and of a morning I watch Sunrise a morning chat show that has the news on it. That said the news is often depressing and full of non news stories

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    1. Oh yes! We have all those non-news stories as well. Everything is either depressing or disgusting.

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  6. That beautiful face is full of hope for the future!!

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  7. already brushing her teeth on her own? - good start.
    Lots of questions, lots of problems - no good in getting overwhelm. We have an underwhelming bunch at the top so maybe the lower governments need to take more action.

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    1. Hahaha! Not quite. That's a spoon with humus on it. She got some in her mouth. LOL I don't know what the answer is but I am terrified of those people at the top. Terrified, embarrassed, appalled...I see nothing good coming of any of this.

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