Optimisim In A Fallen World
I was walking into town the other day and I passed some kids playing out in the street. At one point, one of the kids (must have been about 4 years old) rode his bike round the corner and was out of sight of his parents, who were chatting in the door way. I didn’t see what happened, but the boy started crying…loudly! The parents then sprang into action, sprinting down the street and round the corner to their son. Neither of the parents was the athletic type, but that didn’t stop them from running to their child who was hurt.
This got me thinking (dangerous, I know ;-P), even with all the pain, suffering, injustice and all the nasty things in this world, there is still good reason to be optimistic. So these words came to my head:
“In the beginning the Earth was dark and void. Some think much hasn’t changed. They only see the half-empty glass.
Well my glass is half-full! I see a mothers love, the beauty of a purposefully built world, the forgiveness of a sinner.
There is light in the world and the darkness has not overcome it! A masterpiece can often look ugly before it becomes the beauty it was intentionally made for.”
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