Mike Pouraryan
"Outsiders" 2011 Year in Review: Some Final Thoughts
December 26th 2011 06:37
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Is there room for Hope?
Over the past three weeks, I have been thinking about the year that has passed. 2011 has been quite a year. The pace of change and the actions have been nothing less than spectacular. When the final history is written, 2011 will be remembered as very much a transformational year in many ways.
As I look to 2012, I find It is tough to be hopeful as people continue dying around the World of hunger and disease. I continue to be horrified by the events in Syria, in Mexico and Nigeria. I am horrified by what might happen to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2012. Pakistan is in as unstable a situation as ever. Imran Khan's rally in Karachi may well be a sign of things to come in how a potential third way can be possible. This is as the economic depravation around the World continues on with no apparent end in sight.
The images of London, Machester and Liverpool in flames was shocking. The demonstrations in Greece and Spain underscored the breakdown in the old Europe. This was as reports coming out noting 6 members of the Walmart Family control more wealth than 93 Million Americans, it gives further fuel to the discontent that seems to be the order of the day. When reports are coming out about the rise in childhood hunger and homeless in the United States, it presents a profound problem that whomever wins in November 2012 in the United States.
Despite all that has gone on around the World, those of us who write about our World and think about a World that beyond the here and now, I have to remain hopeful and optimistic. I see no other way for one simple reason: A fundemental belief in the goodness of the Human Spirit that would overcome any challenge. This is as I take my annual sabbatical to do my quarterrly assessment and gear up for the new year at "Outsiders" starting Feburary 1, 2012.
Happy New Year!!!
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