There has to be Hope for the Future
Sunrise, Sunset……. both symbolic of new starts to come. 75 years ago, today it was VE-Day. Whilst people paid respects to those who had suffered loss and experienced sever trauma, they also expressed Hope and Optimism for a Brighter and Better future.
Maybe today the World is trying to come to terms with a not dissimilar Global tragedy….. Yet signs of Real Hope for the Future have yet to be expressed. For now, the desire is that progress will be made to find a Vaccine, and that ‘some form’ of normal life will return. A NEW NORM is the phrase used but yet none of us know what that New Norm will look like.
Maybe we will never get back to what was normal. I am fairly sure the world, and that includes you and I, will have to adapt to new ways, new challenges.
But we should also pause and remember those traumas of 75 years ago.
Their Hope and Optimism remain the key words for today
Please Remember ….
Stay Safe …. Be Kind…. Look After Each Other
( The image above is of the Derwent Valley Reservoirs where the Dam Busters Trained for the Bombing Raids – Tranquil today but a permanent reminder of trouble times )
8th May
(C) David Oakes 2020
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Lovely photo and sentiments David 😊
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A day and a time to remember.. 🙂
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Are you certain this is not a painting? Beautiful.
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No a photograph taken at the end of a very calm winters day, a day despite the cold we lingered perhaps longer than we should 🙂
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I’d say you lingered at least as long as you should have. Incredible light, and that’s exactly why we do what we do. After all, it’s all about light.
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It is also about taking the time …as they say ‘to stand and stare’ 🙂
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It’s not about taking the time, it’s about making the time. And it’s worth it.
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When you have found the secret of making more time, let me know as I am running out of time on an annual basis 🙂
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I hear you quite clearly. It’s all about priorities, i.e., what we do with the time that we have. It all boils down to distilling everything to what’s really most important. It’s life’s biggest (but also its most important) challenge,
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Thank you, David…a beautiful post in image and thoughts.
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I hope it set the right tome for remembrance and the current times
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Yes it does…the past is part of this present and we can gain from remembering.
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The image and words express the hope beautifully. Thank you, David.
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Yep, good sentiments, David
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