written on April 30th, 2009 | by James R. Klein
I understand that life has its dangers and ever present potholes. Today’s hot media topics seem to change from bad to worse. If it isn’t home foreclosures, it’s the plunging market, or unemployment, or swine flu or in the words of one of my favorite poets Charles Simi, “New hatreds will sweep the globe faster than the weather” and “Sewer rats will sniff around lit cash machines”. Hopelessness is an abundant commodity. Even those of us who have given our lives to the daunting charge of alleviating the desperation of paucity question how we’ve turned down this road of trepidation.
I also understand that most of life’s revelations come in the midst of the fray. Last weekend I had two unrelated experiences. The first was a twenty-something conference, Kabbetz HaEsrim, with young people from the Midwest meeting together around a common theme with a common goal. My wife was in charge of serving a sit down dinner to this group of about sixty on Friday evening, and like any dutiful husband I was dragged kicking and screaming to be one of the waiters. It was a tremendous experience. The realization struck me like a lightning bolt that not only our nation, but the world is full of a coming generation that is maturing in wisdom and common sense. They’re not the ones that we hear of in the news, but they are the ones that will take over this world.
The second event was on Sunday when at the invitation of friends we attend the Kinderchor concert at Otterbein College. This is a group of young people from age ten to sixteen under the direction of Dr. Amy Chivington that sang a multi-cultural concert repertoire of good music. There is something about young pure voices singing great music perfectly that moves inside me igniting proud expectation of what can happen.
This “proud expectation of what can happen” is what the take away is. This is hope. It is amazing to see what people in every local community around this country are sacrificing to help their neighbors. We are basically good people and are again becoming a nation of purveyors of hope. Media and political pundits will continue to sell air time and get elected by fostering fear of imaginary demons, but just look closely. There…faintly in the haze between breaths. It is the pervasive human spirit. It is hope. “Lift up your eyes unto the hills from whence cometh your help.”
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Hope Springs Eternal
written on April 30th, 2009 | by James R. Klein
I understand that life has its dangers and ever present potholes. Today’s hot media topics seem to change from bad to worse. If it isn’t home foreclosures, it’s the plunging market, or unemployment, or swine flu or in the words of one of my favorite poets Charles Simi, “New hatreds will sweep the globe faster than the weather” and “Sewer rats will sniff around lit cash machines”. Hopelessness is an abundant commodity. Even those of us who have given our lives to the daunting charge of alleviating the desperation of paucity question how we’ve turned down this road of trepidation.
I also understand that most of life’s revelations come in the midst of the fray. Last weekend I had two unrelated experiences. The first was a twenty-something conference, Kabbetz HaEsrim, with young people from the Midwest meeting together around a common theme with a common goal. My wife was in charge of serving a sit down dinner to this group of about sixty on Friday evening, and like any dutiful husband I was dragged kicking and screaming to be one of the waiters. It was a tremendous experience. The realization struck me like a lightning bolt that not only our nation, but the world is full of a coming generation that is maturing in wisdom and common sense. They’re not the ones that we hear of in the news, but they are the ones that will take over this world.
The second event was on Sunday when at the invitation of friends we attend the Kinderchor concert at Otterbein College. This is a group of young people from age ten to sixteen under the direction of Dr. Amy Chivington that sang a multi-cultural concert repertoire of good music. There is something about young pure voices singing great music perfectly that moves inside me igniting proud expectation of what can happen.
This “proud expectation of what can happen” is what the take away is. This is hope. It is amazing to see what people in every local community around this country are sacrificing to help their neighbors. We are basically good people and are again becoming a nation of purveyors of hope. Media and political pundits will continue to sell air time and get elected by fostering fear of imaginary demons, but just look closely. There…faintly in the haze between breaths. It is the pervasive human spirit. It is hope. “Lift up your eyes unto the hills from whence cometh your help.”
This entry was posted on Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pm and is filed under Commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.