Where is hope? What is hope? Desmond Tutu said, ‘Hope is able to see that there is light, in spite of all the gloom.’ He murmured, ‘You are going to conquer this misery.’ This trusts us by reminding us, ‘life is going to change.’ Many people experience more of these unpleasant signs than others. Nevertheless, we can overcome problems with hope.
Hope gives us the power to overcome suffering and depression caused by tragedy, maybe an sudden job loss, when your boss, calling you up into his office on a Friday afternoon after a long period of work, says: “your shot.” Maybe an unexpected end to a marriage. If you try to make love, your wife weeps in bed. She turns to you and says, “I can’t live anymore with you.”
To have hope, in the face of fear, to allow your light to burn, and march on in hopes of finding a better place, requires perseverance. To persevere one must be brave enough to push away the demons and have the courage to face them as well, this journey is one Chanda has experienced well. … Read more
Genetic engineering, altering the inherited characteristics of an organism in a predetermined way, by introducing into it a piece of the genetic material of another organism. Genetic engineering offers the hope of cures for many inherited diseases, once the problem of low efficiencies of effective transfer of genetic material is overcome. Another development has been … Read more
In the ancient world, the only way a person could become famous through out the world was to be some sort of king, master warlord, or a descendent of a holy entity. Monarchies, that last lasted long enough, kept the memories of their former leaders alive, conquered peoples never forgot the names of their conquerors, … Read more
On any given day in the United States… 10,657 babies are born. (US Census Bureau). Twenty of these babies are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Twenty may seem as though it is not a lot, but when you compare it to the fact that this number is more than HIV positive, Muscular Dystrophy, Spina Bifida … Read more