ON HOPE AND CHANGE

ON HOPE AND CHANGE - Every week, sometimes every day, as we hear of the latest happening in the world, we often shake our heads in disbelief at what we are hearing and seeing.  Sometimes I think our nation and world are about to come apart.  And I think to myself, How can things continue like this?  There is so much ugliness, so much wrong that is affecting so many innocent people.  Then this past week I was able to capture the image of a beautiful Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, and I ran across that ancient Chines proverb that reminds us, “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.”  And it gave me hope.  So, we have to take courage.  We have to hold onto hope.  Positive change and a more beautiful day are possible.  The butterfly proves it is so.