I recently recieved an email from a wonderful organisation called GetUp. The email held a really positive message for us all, at this time in history. It reflected upon our tendency to be critical of government and public policy in recent years. It did not suggest that the critisisms were not needed or unfounded but offered an opportunity for something new. As we stand at the door step of a defining moment in our history and in the context of a new government, we have a duty to aspire. We have a duty to aspire to achieve a future that we can all be proud of. The final line of Jeffery Sachs' book, 'The End of Poverty', is "let the future say of our generation that we sent forth mighty currents of hope, that we worked together an healed the world." It is a very romantic and idealistic statement, yet it is a goal that I feel we should aspire to. That we have a duty to aspire to.
