Sadly, I Don't Need Shades

These days the future doesn't seem much more than bleak. Every morning I turn on the news looking for hope and all I get is disappointment, embarrassment, fear, and deep sadness. I need to stop turning on the news. After all, if I don't hear it it isn't happening, right? Ha! I wish. What I probably need to do is stop hoping for anything less on a national front and just stick close to home. With that in mind, I see a much brighter, happier future. But I also see a great number of people who are either talking without acting or acting but not long enough to make a difference. Important issues go unanswered and are left to die down. Why do we let them die down? Do they become less important? Do we allow our daily busy get in the way? Do we give up too soon? Whatever the reason it seems the powers that be know this about us and they sit and wait patiently. Like predators.

When I say I need to stick close to home to see a brighter future, I mean right here at home because the issues in our area, much like the national level, need to not only be addressed but changes need to be made at the elitist level and I don't think there are enough motivated peons to secure us a bright future. What is it that shuts people down? How do we lose our compassion? How do we sit and just let 'them' do things we know in our hearts are wrong?

So, what gives me hope for a brighter future here at home? This kid right here:

Perhaps it will be her generation that grows up and makes that difference in the world that is just and good. Maybe her generation will be fair and honest. Maybe their compassion will stay strong all their days. Maybe they will have the key to standing up to elitist leaders and make those much needed world changes.

This post is linked to Five Minute Friday where we write for five minutes about the prompt without stopping.

The prompt this week is FUTURE.

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