Preface. This is what I was taught to believe

In my native culture, one of the highest forms of spiritual growth is the belief or capacity of hope. Our people believe that all circumstances will become better, that all that ails us will stop ailing us some time in the future. There are so many examples of adversity that becomes overcome by hope that it could probably take the rest of my life to explain or discuss them. And, this is what I will try to do with this blog. I will try to find hope by vicarious experience. Find peace from the perceived belief in the goodness of man, and in the positive fate of mother nature. Here I will try to find hope in my self and in others by taking time to explain and discover why my people have hope, why I should have hope, and hopefully, why you should believe in hope.

It should seem obvious by now that I am loosing hope in the goodness of the universe. Still, by taking time to write this note it may also become clear to you that somewhere deep inside of me I believe that I should believe. But there is turmoil or what the psychologists would call cognitive dissonance. I think that I should have hope, but the universe is not showing me a sign. Or, is it that I am so blinded by all that is going on around me that I cannot see the goodness, or the positive outcome?

Take this journey with me, let us see if we should validate the concept of hope.