The Mercury – Wednesday

I am thoroughly convinced that there are always good reasons to have hope.

No matter how dire or conflicted the circumstance, no matter how bleak the prognosis, while there is life, and even beyond it, there remain reasons to be hopeful.

I’ve seen hope in action.

I’ve seen painful family scenarios, the most estranged of siblings, the most obstinate of personalities, turn, and find previously unimagined degrees of humility, and move in healthier directions.

But, evil abounds. It tries to rob us of hope.

Of course men and women are capable of inflicting much hurt and destruction, but I believe that the good in this world by far outweighs the evil.

There is goodness, kindness, and benevolence latent in every man, woman, and child, and I believe it far exceeds any impulse toward hate and destruction.

And while I am well aware that this idea will be considered absurd in some circles, and heresy in others, I’d suggest that when a lonely woman reaches again for alcohol, or the deprived man engages in illicit behavior, or an adult or teenager self-destructs, these behaviors are desperate acts of prayer, desperate attempts at sanity, desperate attempts to relieve pain and even restore hope.

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