When I walked in the garden I noticed the first two bunches of flowers presenting a gloomy mood!
When I walked further I found other flowers vibrant and radiant in the twilight!
When I reached back our cottage, the newspaper had arrived. In the front page on the right hand bottom of the Times of India, Cochin edition, on 14April, 2026, had the report below of the change of political leadership in Hungary. The leader who reigned for 16 years in an authoritarian style is to give the space to a new leader who is committed to improve health care, public transport, welfare measures and relate cordially to the members of the European Union
Amidst the gloom of the Iran-USA war, where the authoritarian approach supersedes reason, logic and fairness, the change of leadership in Hungary brings hope and direction and exalts the ethos of democracy!
The gloom leaves us longing for peace, wellness and hope!
A garden symbolises hope and subsumes the gloom !
While we wait in suspense about the outcome of the enforced blockade of all ports in Iran to stop shipment of oil by the United States, we have reminders from the history of the past and the current event in Hungary that life and hope shall abound !
Till that happens, we shall tarry waiting for peace to abide in human hearts!
The Pope Leo reminding the world leaders from the Sermon on the Mount by Jesus ofd Nazareth, that 'Blessed are the peace makers, for they shall be called as sons of God' was not well received by the president of the USA.
We hope that the mind sent for 'war' to settle disputes would get replaced by negotiations and compromises to accommodate each other!
When I noticed plentiful fruits of season in our Rambutan tree in the garden, I felt that there is enough fruits for many! Is that not the reality with the resources of the earth! There is plenty to go around for all!
So why quarrel or be possessive?
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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