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ABOUT KAMRAN’s Blog and GUEST BLOG

I- KAMRAN’s Blog: Dedicated to the Common Good- aiming to be a source of hope and inspiration; enabling us all to move from despair to hope; darkness to light and competition to cooperation. “Let the beauty we love be what we do.”-Rumi

II- KAMRAN MOFID’s GUEST’s BLOG: Here on The Guest Blog you’ll find commentary, analysis, insight and at times provocation from some of the world’s influential and spiritual thought leaders as they weigh in on critical questions about the state of the world, the emerging societal issues, the dominant socio-economic logic, globalisation, money, markets, sustainability, dialogue, cooperation, environment, media, spirituality, faith, culture, the youth, the purpose of business and economic life, the crucial role of leadership, and the challenges facing economic, business, management, education, and more.

“When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming together it is the beginning of reality.”—Helder Camara

Angel Oak Tree, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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Details: Written by: Kamran Mofid; Published: 28 December 2025; Hits: 2389

2025 has been a difficult year. It's time to reset. It’s time to Ring in Hope

We need to cultivate new rhythms of hope if we are to navigate and build a better world

The black and white street art depicts two children lying on their backs and pointing upwards. The child nearest the camera is wearing a wooly hat with hands tucked into their jacket pockets. Behind them a larger person is pointing upwards in a bobbly hat (possibly a Santa type hat) also wearing boots.

A mural by Banksy on Queen's Mews, Bayswater, London. Photo via BBC

‘A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.’- Marie-Henri Beyle

“Where there's hope, there's life.”― Anne Frank

N.B. Hearing the bells ringing and me: Any time I hear the sound of the bells ringing it makes me feel nostalgic, reflective, joyful and hopeful...

I recall and remember so fondly the days and weeks after arriving in Oxford on 19 August 1972, when for the first time in my life I heard the sound of the church bells ringing:

Bells are ringing everywhere heralding the hope of the New Year