Every transition carries a hope.
For Noynoy Aquino, it is a firm hope for change that catapulted him to power. For Gloria Arroyo, it is a hope for a forgiving history that will view her. For Iraqis, it is a hope for improved security and self-rule. For Afghans, it is a hope for keeping on hoping. For Gazans, it is a hope for a peaceful surrounding and lifting of blockade.For the rest of the world, it is a hope to revive the slumping global economy from the financial crisis. For the average worker, it is a hope find or keep a job that will support their living decently. For French, South African, Cameroonian footbal teams, it is a hope that there is World Cup 2014 in Brazil.
From Arroyo to Aquino, from the US troops to Iraqi forces that will oversee the security of Iraq, from hundreds of thousands of foreign troops to more additional foreign troops in Afghanistan, from the rocket fires to ceasefire in Gaza, from Europe, US and Japan which are being hit by economic woes to China which reported a slight growth rate, from job termination to job placement, these transitions are images of hope which touch our common humanity with the rest of the world.
As for me, it is a hope for continued blessings in life. From studies to work and studies again, my transition is in the hope of contributing to sustain the hopefulness that now pervades amongst us, in spite of and/or because of the global financial crisis and difficulties in general.
In a recent Philipine survey, more that 60% of Filipinos remain hopeful that life will be better. I hope to see and keep that hope in spite of and/or because of the current administration. It is a pity that the rest do not see hope.
We hope in spite of our limitations, of our slumping economy, and of our frustrations and disappointments.
We hope because of our family, of our love for our country, and of our aspirations and dreams of a better tomorrow.
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