New Hope, New Year

I’ve been thinking a lot about hope recently. It seems that everywhere
we turn we see people who are without hope. We can see it on the news,
in magazines, and in TV dramas. We see it when we go to the mall and
sometimes even when we’re at church. People are trying to find hope by
somehow filling the void they feel.

All around us, we hear
people say things like this: "I hope I’ll win in lottery", "Sure hope
our team wins the championship", "I hope it’s sunny on Saturday for our
picnic". We treat hope as a wish. But what happens to our "hope" if
those don’t turn out as we waited?

Here in the Philippines, all
we should hope for is peace, the calm in the midst of the storm. In the
past weeks, we experienced numerous tragedies…landslides that killed
several people, fires that burned some houses and establishments, chaos
in the government, and bombings that cause injuries to its victims.
Last December 29, my hometown ( Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat) experienced
bombings and bomb threats. I don’t know why, but if you ask me why I
would always want to be home? My answer would be always YES…because I
love my family, I love the place…my childhood friends…the
food…the nature…besides, the eye is a region where mostly calm weather can be found at the center of strong  storm.

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