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Harry Watson's avatar

Well said Matt - as Emily offered, Hope endures despite all adversity...

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

And sore must be the storm -

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -

And on the strangest Sea -

Yet - never - in Extremity,

It asked a crumb - of me.

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Frances's avatar

…something far more valuable: hope.

Matt, this is a great read, the ending though reminded me of a discussion I recently watched on Eye of the Storm — a YT channel, where (approx halfway through the recording) Raoul Martinez, Yanis Varoufakis and their guest, political commentator: Ece Temelkuran discuss ‘Hope’ and how every thing has become so bleak that we as humans should not depend on It as it places us at the beginning of a type of paralysis. What humans need is determination and to have faith in other human beings at a grassroots level. The conversation was very thought provoking to say the least.

Temelkuran’s book — TOGETHER 10 Choices for a Better Now — explores this notion further. I intend on purchasing it & thought it was worth mentioning here.

Here is part of a review of the book by Sean Greer Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Less:

“…award-winning political commentator Ece Temelkuran puts forward a compelling new narrative for our current moment, not for some idealised future but for right now, and asks us to make a choice. To choose determination over hope; to embrace fear rather the cold comfort of ignorance; to save our energy for an unwavering attention on those in power and the destructive systems they uphold, rather than wasting time spewing out anger and outrage online.

Above all, this book asks you to choose to have faith in the other human beings we share this planet with.”

I hope (!) you don’t mind my meandering!

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