The song Keep Right on to the End of the Road (1924 by Harry Lauder) is a call to perseverance, to stay strong and have hope despite the vicissitudes of life. Hardship is to be endured whilst holding on to love. Keep fighting for what you consider to be right. The song could be interpreted as a secular version of the call of Jesus to follow him, to be guided by love to help attain heaven on earth.
Those who campaign for systemic change to achieve social justice and/or support individuals at point of need are only too well aware of the unremitting slog entailed. It is a long, long road with no discernible destination in sight. Hope there may be, but the destination is a mirage, a chimera. Some set off with great enthusiasm and hope, wilt under the weight of expectation, stop and go back. Others park up in a metaphorical lay-by and then continue the journey. Others plod on, and on, and on.
I have landed in a ditch. My offers to assist to four individuals with authority/influence in the Church of Egland have been ignored. So I remain in a ditch unable to regain the road. I have run out of road.
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