Hope of Deliverance
Remembering the power of positive doing
Need a respite from the predictions of impending doom that are ubiquitous on Medium these days? Tired of wallowing in despair?
First, click on this link and you will find a selection of positive— not Pollyanna-ish, but thoughtfully positive — pieces that lighten the gloom:
https://longreads.com/2022/04/22/reading-list-brighter-futures/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Second, here are some quotes about hope you could print out and tape to your bathroom mirror and a rallying song of mine about taking environmental action.
Some quotes:
“Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.” — Barack Obama
“Never give up. Have hope. Expect only the best from life and take action to get it.” — Catherine Pulsifer
“Art is the highest form of hope. ” — Gerhard Richter
“Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” — Stephen King
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” — Emily Dickinson
A song:
This Island Earth
The planets and the stars
Will not be ours
Except, of course, to dream on
For all our Star Trek fantasies
This island Earth will be our home
The planets and the stars
Will not be ours
Except, of course, to wish on
Accept the sure reality
This fragile Earth’s our only home
We’re raped the land
We’ve fouled the air, the lakes, the rivers
Clear cut the trees, these are our crimes
We cannot fly away and buy new worlds to conquer
We have to clean up what we can while there’s still time
Take it back, oh, take it back
Take back the Earth and let it breathe
Take it back, oh, take it back
Take back the Earth and let it breathe
We’re the ones to blame
Now we’ve got to reclaim it
Take back the Earth and let it breathe
Take back the Earth and let it breathe
Take back the Earth and give it peace
