In the bright light of day where the weather is hovering around sixty degrees and a slight breeze blows every so often I sit outside listening to the sounds. I can hear the ponds waterfall splashing down. The occasional bird chirps in the background. The squirrels chase each other along the wooden fence and up and down the trees. My dogs are a little peeved at the moment. It is kind of hard to enjoy nature with the dogs chasing each other or the squirrels. So right now they are sitting in the house gazing plaintively out the window their eyes and occasional barks and yips just pleading with me to let them outside.
Today is one of those days where it is almost impossible to be sad or depressed. Everything is so bright and fresh. The grass is lush and green. The coffee is perfect. Just a touch sweet with a dash of cream. As I sit here I figure it is a great time to write something a little more upbeat than my last post. The opposite of fear is hope so that is where I will start.
I hope that I have the courage to face whatever challenges each day may bring me.
I hope that my daughter and I can move past this cantankerous stage (on both our parts).
I hope that my grandmothers both deal well with their own health issues in the coming months.
I hope that my dad takes better care of himself so that one day when my daughter is ready to make her life's commitments he will be there to see them .
I hope that all of my family realizes how much I love them. Though I will admit that there are some I can never like again.
I hope a cure for MS and several other neurological malfunctions can be found soon. I find it hard to think of MS as a disease. To me diseases are contagious. While there is the possibility that MS is hereditary if I sneeze on you, you aren't going to fall ill with MS. Malfunction seems a much better word choice. When the electrical system in your house, or the engine in your car malfunctions you don't just throw it away as irreparable (usually) you track down the source of the malfunction and repair it. It will then work as well (if not better than) new.
I hope for world peace. Unrealistic maybe but, I still hope.
I hope that the American people take back control of their government and reign in this irresponsible spending that is going on. While it is nice that we feel the need to help other countries with their natural disasters we need to care for those inside our own borders first. How can we afford to send billions elsewhere when our schools funding is constantly being cut.
I hope that our countries children will not suffer greatly from the lack or educational opportunities that these cuts are causing.
I hope that people will realize that religion is the wrong reason to fight a war. Oil and land aren't the right reasons either. The only right reason would be to protect other people from being invaded and slaughtered.
I hope that while those that are Christian are forced to show tolerance and respect for other religions in the US that those other religions don't forget to show the same respect and tolerance for the Christians.
I hope that the government would make it a crime for any hate based group to protest at military (or any other) funerals. This is not the time to make your speeches full of vitriol. Let the family and friends mourn their loss. Let the dead have the dignity and respect they all deserve. (Even you haters out there deserve some dignity in death.)
I hope for the future of the entire population of our planet located just a hop, skip, and a jump from our sun.
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