As 2024 approaches, our only hope of overcoming despair requires an unwavering commitment to the potency of truth and love
As we approach 2024, a prevailing sense of despair engulfs much of the world, unlike any we’ve experienced before. What is there to celebrate on New Year’s Eve when all we see is death and destruction, accompanied by the threat of an impending global war?
Feeling such deep despair is part of being human. Mohandas Gandhi said, “When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it – always.”
I’ve always been awed by Gandhi’s confidence. How did he know his movement would successfully bring down the mighty British Empire when he started with so few followers? How did he know what steps to take to achieve the goal of independence for his people?
Photo by Dayne Topkin
Photo by Dayne Topkin
Gandhi was aware that there are many more good people than despots and that good people........