A Time of Hope

After listening to this podcast, I found myself in shock at the level of oppression that exists in different places in the world. Only moments into Solomon's story, I began feeling a great appreciation for the amount of freedom that we have as citizens of the United States. Many of the people that occupy the war-torn Middle East are very insecure of the conflicts that have occurred in the recent past to the point at which they can no longer focus on solutions in the future. Living in the United States, we are always thinking forward; thinking of ways to progress and solve the seemingly insignificant problems that we face in comparison with those of the Middle East. Having a safe and stable history is what makes us as citizens of a first-world country progressive and fortunate, and this is something that is not nearly appreciated as much as it should be, as stated by Andrew Solomon.