In This Gloomy Foreclosure Climate the Important Thing Is To Keep Alight the Lamp of Hope in the Coming Year
In this gloomy foreclosure climate the important thing is to keep alight the lamp of Hope in the coming year – it alone can steer through the troubled waters those who are drowning.
Soon one of the most horrific years in American history and that of the world will draw to a close. Michigan has been one of the worst affected pockets. Foreclosures raged through the state as thousands found themselves unemployed. There were record numbers of bankruptcies. Pundits opine that this was the result of institutionalized greed causing a wider gap between those that have and those that have-not. Such a scenario has not been seen since the Great Depression.
There is fear all around and a feeling of insecurity about tomorrow. Hardly there is anyone who has not been touched by it. No business is immune to recession. Factories are silent, foreclosed houses are crumbling and decaying while pets are dying abandoned on the streets. From those who had retired to college students – all have been badly mauled. There is no piggy bank on the mantlepiece to take care of the rainy day. Savings has dropped to zero. The foreclosure tide took with it even the value of the houses.
Yet hope is there – foreclosures cannot kill its eternal flame. Few weeks ago crowds gathered in thousands in Grand Park at Chicago to celebrate and see in person the first Afro-American to be elected President of America. He spoke of change as well as diversity for a nation in great need of the same. Many openly shed tears as others broke into singing and partying spontaneously. The same scene was being enacted all over the country in rippling infectious waves of hope that foreclosures could not dim.
It will not be long before that hope raises its head again as the young family move into the White House replacing a weary leader who has failed the nation in more ways than one. But nothing will happen overnight. It takes time for spring to bloom. The foreclosure crisis might get worse before it peaks and tapers off. The people must not expect a miracle but keep hope and faith alive as the New Year dawns. Hope is not just a wish and a dream – it is the most powerful emotion that fires the engine of civilization.
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