2012. It was a good year. We witnessed another round of democracy at work in America, by holding our 57th Presidential election. We saw activism take a center stage with the Kony 2012 campaign. We watched more developments and turmoil in the Middle East, continuing the Arab Spring. We saw heroes come together to fight evil bigger than us all in The Avengers. And we started an adventure with an old friend, Bilbo in The Hobbit.
It was a good year for me. I took a step into the unknown and towards my dreams by leaving a great full-time job. And I know that it was the right thing to do. I sent a good friend off to a second year of living abroad. I met new people in new places. And rejoiced with an old friend who decided to get married.
I've thought and pondered about what this year brought, and what it didn't. And ultimately I hope it brought a wake-up call to "traditional" America. But as they count down, not to 2013, rather the US going over the Fiscal Cliff on my TV right now, I am afraid that didn't happen. I hoped that we might end this year a step closer to tolerance for all, respect for other opinions, and peace for our brothers. At Christmas it was a song written in 1855 that spoke most eloquently to me on the state of our world:
It was a good year for me. I took a step into the unknown and towards my dreams by leaving a great full-time job. And I know that it was the right thing to do. I sent a good friend off to a second year of living abroad. I met new people in new places. And rejoiced with an old friend who decided to get married.
I've thought and pondered about what this year brought, and what it didn't. And ultimately I hope it brought a wake-up call to "traditional" America. But as they count down, not to 2013, rather the US going over the Fiscal Cliff on my TV right now, I am afraid that didn't happen. I hoped that we might end this year a step closer to tolerance for all, respect for other opinions, and peace for our brothers. At Christmas it was a song written in 1855 that spoke most eloquently to me on the state of our world:
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope, the weary soul rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night, O night, O night divine!
Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His Gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His Name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy Name!
But hold on to hope that yonder might be closer in 2013. That I might see some of that new and glorious morn.
Wow, well said!
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