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what gives you hope?

Posted on | December 21, 2005 | 6 Comments

Last night we were asking the usual year-end questions—what brings you joy? What gives you hope?—and I had no answer for the latter question (truthfully, I think I just fell asleep before I could answer). Now in the bored light of day, I wonder: Is it indictments handed down to Republicans? The mainstream exposure of Bush administration illegalities? Protestors in Montreal and Hong Kong? (mmm, all minimal—I think evil is more tenacious). Perhaps just the simple expectation, given the law of averages, that it can’t get worse than 2005?

But I have a handful of regular blog readers who might want to offer up their inspirations. What gives you hope?

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6 Responses to “what gives you hope?”

  1. adrienne
    December 21st, 2005 @ 7:39 pm

    1. evo morales, hugo chavez, and the pink revolution that is spreading through the americas to our south. that shit rocks.
    2. my students.
    3. my cousin’s sons. (and my cousin.)
    4. my mom.
    5. those south korean farmers who jumped into HK Bay!
    6. yuri kochiyama.
    7. eduardo galleano.
    8. the striking transit workers in NY!
    9. the adorable gay boy from a town of 300 who came to one of my classes and fell in love with a japanese woman who was executed in 1911 for wanting to kill the emperor.
    10. carla started making art again.

  2. Kelly
    December 21st, 2005 @ 9:12 pm

    What a great question, especially at times when hope glimmers so faintly here and around the world.

    What gives me hope is the constant reinforcement by the universe or whatever you want to call it, that I don’t have all the answers. Just when I think that I know what is supposed to happen or doubt that something will happen, I get schooled.

    This gives me hope because it speaks of limitless possibilities for change that I haven’t even considered. I’ve been doing a lot of work on living in the present moment and one of the admonitions is to “accept, then act”. When I accept “what is” in each moment, I can then take appropriate action. The minute I don’t accept what’s happening in each moment or try to deny or complain about it, nothing can change. Acceptance is a catalyst for true, lasting change.

    Does that make sense? =:0

  3. adrienne
    December 22nd, 2005 @ 12:27 pm

    http://www.purpleberets.org/kpfa_lawsuit.html

  4. Kelly
    December 22nd, 2005 @ 12:56 pm

    Thanks for the link, Adrienne. I had heard that there were complaints, but I wasn’t aware of the specifics. Wow.

    Nice to see you. :)

  5. storm_indigo
    January 2nd, 2006 @ 6:23 pm

    -my faith
    -my writing
    -family
    -every tiny goal i meet
    -making a mouth-watering dinner that nourishes my loved ones
    -gw’s (lack of) approval ratings
    -waking to a new day
    -people fighting the hard, good fight every day
    -knowing that I matter to my daughter
    -my desire to paint again (i thought it died with my father in March 2000).
    -being loved
    -BEING!

    Peace

  6. adrienne
    January 4th, 2006 @ 10:55 pm

    Carla, write a new post!!

    It’s been too long!

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