HOPE for the future.

I confess. I did not go out and watch today's Eclipse.  I did follow it on social media and in news reports. I wonder how many people drew inspiration and renewed hope for our planet and its living beings from watching the sun disappear behind the Moon, then reappear a few minutes later.

Is that a metaphor for the way the problems in the US and the world seem to be blotting out hope for the future? 

I was looking for inspiration for today's article and skimmed down the list of tags on the left side of this blog. I saw one for HOPE and opened it. I found this 2018 article, which I've re-posted below.

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I've been building a web library for more than 20 years with links to articles that inspire me in my efforts, and hopefully help many others in their own work to create a better future for our kids.

The Connected Learning #clmooc group is one that I have followed since 2013. One of the ways members stay connected is by creating and sharing creative projects. I've hacked a few of these in the past (that's encouraged) so when I saw a Twitter post from Sarah Honneychurch yesterday, I saved it to my PC, then added some of my own ideas. See it below:

As we start another week I point to many places around the world, and the US, where people suffer for a variety of reasons.

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Here's Sarah's original, which she tagged with "AprilDoodle #ILLomo #Wish Upon A Star and #clmooc".  The "Wish" idea resonated with me, so I added a little color to the stars, and I pointed to some places around the world, and the US, where there's too many people suffering and where "HOPE" may be in short supply. 

Syria, Yemen, Sudan and  Mayamar are are among the places I've highlighted. I also point to racial and social justice issues, healing for planet Earth, and call for "peace in all conflict areas".

I ran out of stars to point to all the places where help is needed so included a graphic showing the United Nations' Global Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs.

It's not enough to "wish" for good things to happen and problems to be solved so I also included this "ENOUGH" graphic, which I've posted in this blog multiple times since the late 2000s.  Here's one post where I've put this into a video.

Thank you Sarah Honneychurch and  others in the #clmooc community who keep posting ideas that inspire me in my own efforts.

There's much to do.

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If I updated that graphic I'd add stars for Ukraine, Gaza/Israel, and parts of the USA where people seem to have lost their blasted minds as they pursue a religion-based government, fueled by money and self-interests of billionaires and the Russian government.

The eclipse only lasted for a few minutes, depending where you were (see this Space.com article). The troubles facing planet Earth and her living beings will last much longer, but if you have HOPE, you can believe that after the darkness, there will be light again.

But, we will need to work together to make that happen.