Optimism, humility & hope

Photo by author, Glengoyne, Scotland

If there was one single thing the world needs now, its optimism for the future. Human civilisation has been cursed with wasteful doctrine and violence when resources, land and ideology are fought over. It could be said throughout history that is a common trait in power struggles which impede our ability to act as a global collective.

Photo by author, Pollock House, Pollock Park, Glasgow

Now with so much live data that everybody observing via the internet & media beamed into their living room, we have become fatigued with information overload and we find it hard to think ahead with a positive vision.

Amongst all the atrocities it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that the vast majority of us are all good people, who get along with each other and make civilised society prosperous, cultured, successful, growing, dynamic and beautiful.

We will always have evil in the world but good men and women will protect against it. Humankind will not destroy itself, as many have predicted in the past, because human nature is inherently good natured. This forms the very basis of how we survive and achieve great things together.

I believe COVID-19 has shown that the best in our society can step up. The crisis exposes the…