These two things give me hope.
Things change. . .and we can make things change.
Change is the natural order of things: what is fact today may change significantly tomorrow. . .or next week. . .or next year. The circumstances that we face today will be, to some extent, somewhat different tomorrow.
This is worth noting for a number of reasons. Hardly ever are we ever facing the exact same set of circumstances - many are beyond our control and our versatility allows us to function (and hopefully, function well) through an ever changing environment. If we are doing our jobs (that is our jobs as humans) right, we are also working to change the environment in which we live and work for the better. This means that due to our own activity we are changing the landscape; and in responsiveness to the natural change of things we are then responding to our own fluidity.
To me, this is the entrance of both hope and faith. When we face seemingly insurmountable barriers - hope is kept alive because of the change of things - what may present an obstacle today may be an opportunity tomorrow. Faith: the belief in life itself and our ability to impact life is what enables us to move forward, step after step, leap after leap.
True it is a balance - the knowledge that things will naturally change - without falling into the pitfall that we have no responsibility or ability to work for change. There is also balance in understanding that we have responsibility for initiating positive change when possible - and also understanding what circumstances may be beyond our control.
True story - change use to make me nervous and anxious. I now welcome and embrace it. It moves all of us forward.
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