In today's episode, Lilly explores how she is mining for hope amid hard days. She offers a 'case for hope' based on both the local and global 'microjoys' she's stumbled across lately. Her reflection kicks off an upcoming series of episodes that will make the case for some of life's most universal needs and concerns and how we can find hope in each of them. Its a short - but poignant - offering we hope you enjoy. 

"Discovering more joy does not save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face suffering in a way that ennobles rather than embitters. We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken."

• Archbishop Desmond Tutu (source)

Links to resources cited in the show: 

• Cyndie Spiegel's book 'Microjoys'
• Anne Lamott's book 'Help, Thanks, Wow'
• AFRICAN GOOD NEWS (X)
• Worldview Upgrader
• In Kenya, over 90% of electricity is generated by renewable energy
• The malaria vaccine that just rolled out has a surprise benefit for kids
• Lesotho Tourism
• Life expectancy in Ethiopia was 69 years in 2019; just a few years behind USA at 77

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Production by: Sahihi Africa Productions