Perhaps the defining feature of 2016 was that everything seemed to be thrown up into the air and as we move through 2017 there is no certainty about how our world will adapt. (I've even heard of wealthy Americans buying houses in New Zealand in preparation for Armageddon!)
I'm not surprised so many people have turned away, cos if you keep tuned into the news it can all be pretty depressing but I've gleaned a glimmer of hope from ...
The massive number of people who are taking to the streets in opposition to Trump's message of hate and division AND
Paul Gilding's assertion that: We
are an extraordinary species, and we are capable of great things.
History is full of evidence that when our backs are against the wall,
all the great qualities of humanity, our compassion, our drive, our
technical brilliance and our ability to make things happen on a
massive global scale, come strongly to the fore. AND
The front page of Positive News (the magazine I subscribe to to keep me sane) - Breakdown or Breakthrough? Let's face it: The way we are moving globally isn't looking too good, so perhaps 2017 will be the year of 'breakthrough' to something better.
And my final source of hope comes from the late, great, Tony Benn who said: 'Hope is the fuel of progress, fear is the prison in which you put yourself.'
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