The future

Fixing the past is a rather recent endeavor. Also, impossible. Acknowledging that our development as a species has been hit or miss is obvious based on our current perspective. 

We have never been overly kind to one another. We are weak in our dedication to our expressed values. We succumb to greed, opportunity and ease of purpose. We are deceitful in our claims of equality, fraternity and brotherhood. We lack determination, commitment and understanding. Given who we are and who we have not been, perhaps our salvation lies in our occasional willingness to set aside our innate selfishness and reach for the unknown, a place only heretofore preached about and deliriously prayed for.

We may or may not be worthy of our dreams, yet we continue to believe our existence has meaning. The end is never written, only foretold. A better world must exist in the minds of the unwilling as well as the protestations of the determined.