I know there are problems in the world.
I know that thing like terrorism, economic inequalities, civil rights injustices, and more seem to be omnipresent in the news.
Sometimes I watch the political discourse used on message boards, facebook, twitter, and even from the politicians themselves and it feels like the world wants to tear itself apart.
Yet I still have hope. I still love everything about this world and for all the faults that exist in myself and in the world around me I seem now to be hopelessly happy.
At the end of the month I will marry the woman I love. I have met so many great people and feel as though through it all I'm mostly made a positive impression on the world. I have a job where I work with good, talented and unique people. I have the ability to travel to see my fiends and family on occasion and on occasions they can come and visit me.
I find myself constantly reminiscing over my past, reflecting on how I got here and sometimes I just find it incredible. Life isn't easy, constantly missing potential pitfalls and battling our own battles. Yet through it all, I feel as though I've made it. A sense of happiness seems to have settled in that somehow feels permanent. Or at least that I understand the path to create my own happiness.
Optimists seems rarer and rarer these day. But I'm one of them. I believe that even today in world rife with cynicism, fear, and rage that we can still come together and overcome our differences in the name of peace, community and love.
I don't believe in any one religion. I am an Agnostic. But I believe in people. I have faith in the unreal emotion of love. I have faith that most people do not want to cause others harm, that instead the inverse is true, and if given a simple opportunity to help, one would do so.
That while we are hopelessly flawed, we shall forever attempt to improve upon ourselves and create a better future for all to live peacefully.
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