Just look at what we all fan over, be it Lord of the Rings or Band of Brothers or Buffy the Vampire Slayer or what have you. These are tales of groups of disparate people who have banded together to improve their worlds, to go forth and bring light to the darkness and hope to the hopeless. We all have that kernel of desire, that hope that we can make the world better, that the world can be made better and that it is not as it should be.
Yes, exactly. I like to think of, for example, when we write to entertain our friends/strangers to allow them an escape from teh fear and drudgery or when we do our jobs in the world that make things better for others. That is improving our world and bringing light into the darkness, even if it's only for awhile and for a short distance.
How beautiful and how absolutely true. We do what we can and we do it wonderfully. There are so many different kinds of light we can bring into the lives of others one by one by one. Fic and hugs and smiles and everything that we do.
Thank you. It's a truth that I've not only seen in the works of such giants as Tolkien or Lewis but also in the acts of people I've seen around me, like yourself.
Thanks for this post. It means so much that the rest of the world is standing beside us in this, just as I'm sure it meant a lot to the US in september four years ago.
It's hard at times like this to see the good in the world, but I really think you have to. It's harder to find, because it doesn't make a big show of itself, but it is there. The moment we stop seeing it is the moment we give in.
I'm trying to be all strong and proudly British and patriotic. I want people to remember this as a day we were struck down but got back up again. The emergency services have been brilliant and everything was so orderly and organised.
There have to be better things ahead, there just have to be.
There will be. I know it. My parents were telling me that it may seem like this is going to be the way it goes from now on, but to remember there was a time when everyone thought the future would be nothing but non-stop IRA bombings.
*hugs* Seriously, I've never appreciated you guys quite as much as I do right now. x.
I often try to tell myself that the world has always been torn up by violence -- it's just that now, we have 24-hour news to bring it right into our living rooms so it's ever-present. Nevertheless...something does seem to be going awfully wrong, doesn't it? And I don't just mean this thing in London, or Iraq, or the election, or what-have-you. It's everything. Religious people will tell you that we all need to turn back to God. Social activists will tell you that we need to become more involved or more generous. But like you, I find it all...hopeless. From Iraq to Africa to London to New York, what are you going to do? Send money? Write letters to your congressman? Recycle? Pray?
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How perfect. Thank you.
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I <3 fandom. =D
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It's hard at times like this to see the good in the world, but I really think you have to. It's harder to find, because it doesn't make a big show of itself, but it is there. The moment we stop seeing it is the moment we give in.
I'm trying to be all strong and proudly British and patriotic. I want people to remember this as a day we were struck down but got back up again. The emergency services have been brilliant and everything was so orderly and organised.
There have to be better things ahead, there just have to be.
There will be. I know it. My parents were telling me that it may seem like this is going to be the way it goes from now on, but to remember there was a time when everyone thought the future would be nothing but non-stop IRA bombings.
*hugs* Seriously, I've never appreciated you guys quite as much as I do right now.
x.
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I don't think there are better things ahead.
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*hugs*
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