Reasons to be cheerful

01-diyar-boysANOTHER YEAR ends. Hallelujah to that!

It’s been a torrid year in many regards, but it strikes me that there are always reasons to be cheerful.

02-blue-mosqueSkylines, cityscapes, landscapes, wondering what lies beyond the horizon. Hope.

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First love, broken hearts, bad poetry.

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Reconciliation, forgiveness, redemption, revenge.

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Conviviality, community, living-together-ness.

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The changing of the seasons.

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The freedom to travel, nostalgia, wanderlust, longing for home.

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Dreams, disappointments, glorious failures.

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Those places where angels hover, unseen.

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Humanity.

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Humanity!

Amen.