Looking Back and Looking Forward

As 2008 draws to a close it’s interesting to look back and see how far the world has come—and yet how much it’s stayed the same.

I’ve noticed that on one hand, there seems to be a real air of hope and change but on the other, still senseless carnage and hatred. While nations continue to come to grips with the recent atrocities in Mumbai, we ask “Why?” and pray that true humanity wins out over revenge.

There’s a surge of sentiment that we should heal the planet yet around 30 000 children still die each day due to poverty.

So much wonder, so much contrast.

But the world is changing. As a species we are evolving and continuing to discover more about what it is to be human. In centuries, even decades to come who knows what leaps we’ll make?

I choose to believe that we’re heading towards better things and, just as a child stumbles, gets up then stumbles again while learning to walk, so humankind will continue to pick itself up and grow in wisdom and light.