Wednesday, January 1, 2025

2025

2025? Sounds like a date out of a science-fiction story, a point in time in the far distant future. How could that possibly be the year we've just entered? But it is. And it's a strange science-fiction world we're living in, like some particularly twisted Philip K Dick novel. Gazing out at that world there's good reason to abandon hope, embrace despair. But there's the version of the world that's shoved down our throats by the media, day after day—what I call the CNN Reality—and there's the deeper world, the truer world, that lies beneath.

And in that world, good and decent people live good and decent lives, seeking simple human kindness and giving the same in return. In that world, hope is very much alive and the future, which can seem so dark right now, black as pitch, is bright with the promise of better days. 

That's the world I choose to live in. The world I hope, in some small way, I can help  manifest. If, as I believe, the microcosm is the macrocosm, our smallest efforts—a comforting word, a compassionate gesture—can echo out across the planet in miraculous ways. Maybe, together, we'll surprise the pundits and transform 2025 into one of the most positive, beautiful, extraordinary years ever.

And, if not, we'll still have lived our lives in the light of hope, of decency, of love. Which will make it a very good year indeed.

Happy New Year. 




 

5 comments:

  1. Happy to answer any questions right here.

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  2. You write the Life and Tines oi Savior 28, so you are an expert on when comic characters have multiple life perspective altering events.

    Is such an event coming for Howard the Duck?

    I mean, His old opponent Jimmy Carter died, and he was not invited, despite Ford's family being in attendance.

    Then the same American day, his old enemy Anita Bryant died. You recall their battle...
    https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_Vol_1_21

    So, is this going to lead to some kind of crazy moment where he calls on peace between Man and fowl, and stops referring to humans as "hairless apes?"


    Jack

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  3. Hey, I just wanted to say thank you for Kraven’s Last Hunt and obviously the whole team involved bringing that incredible story to life.

    It has especially been speaking to me in a season of life where the lows feel like it’s captured in the same dark purples and blues of KLH. I keep going back to the panels of Peter coming out the grave from his love for MJ. I see that hope that keeps me going with my girlfriend and Jesus’s grace to me.

    So thank you, that story means a lot to me and I keep picking up on new things every re-read that deepen my appreciation for the story.

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    1. You are VERY welcome, Daniel. I'm so grateful that KLH keeps reaching people all these years later. And, like Peter Parker, may we all hang on to hope.

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