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Birds, bees, butterflies, blossoms, blooms, brighter and warmer days heralding resurrection and the hope of Spring-time and Easter
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The Voice of Hope
“The Days to Come”
Now shall I store my soul with silent beauty,
Beauty of drifting clouds and mountain heights,
Beauty of sun-splashed hills and shadowed forests,
Beauty of dawn and dusk and star-swept nights.
Now shall I fill my heart with quiet music,
Song of the wind across the pine-clad hill,
Song of the rain and, fairer than all music,
Call of the thrush when twilight woods are still.
So shall the days to come be filled with beauty,
Bright with the promise caught from eastern skies;
So shall I see the stars when night is darkest,
Still hear the thrush’s song when music dies.~ Medora C. Addison “The Days to Come,”
in Dreams and A Sword (Yale University Press, 1922).
The message of Easter, and the signal sent by the arrival of spring, is that life will return, one way or another. At times of crises, this story is timeless and priceless, let’s cling to it.
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British prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer declares ‘the end of globalisation and admits it has failed the public’- The Independent, 6 April 2025
"Globalisation as we've known it for the last couple of decades has come to an end," British Treasury minister, Darren Jones, remarked in a BBC interview on 6 April 2025
Here, we must also recall the prophetic words of Thomas Piketty, the distinguished French economist who around nine years ago drew the world’s attention by saying to us: ‘We must rethink globalization, or Trumpism will prevail.’ At the time of Trump’s first election win in 2016 Piketty noted that ‘Rising inequality is largely to blame for this electoral upset. Continuing with business as usual is not an option.’
Similarly, we must remember the wise and timeless world of the great 19th-century designer William Morris : “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
And now, we are paying a heavy and painful price for failing to heed their calls. Our homes and our lives are full of cheap, useless and irrelevant junks, bought mainly on credit, whilst we all have become poorer and unequal than ever before.
‘Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes.’
At this moment in time, the Biggest Question of them all must be: Then, What next?
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There is no doubt that these days immigration is a very sensitive, hot topic, charged with strong feelings and emotions for many in the UK- and as such, a crucial topic for the media and politicians.
This kind of hysteria is having a major detrimental effect on the debate and the true understanding of migration, the reasons for it, and most importantly on the contributions of the newcomers to the host country.
This dichotomy between how the immigrants are perceived to be and who they really are, has led to what many observers have called ‘The Alienation Effect’ which makes the immigrants feel alienated and separated from their new home, leading to the vicious cycle of despair and unworthiness, affecting generations to come.
Veritas vos liberabit (The truth will set you free)
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