I had an interesting discussion about hope yesterday. We all assume hope is good. I mean, we all need hope. If I didn't have hope for this country, I'd probably leave.
But does hope mean we are not happy in our situation? Instead of accepting what we have, we are always hoping for something better. If we are always hoping things are better, are we forgetting to live and enjoy what is going on now? I thought that was an interesting concept.
My response was - hope should define our actions, but not how we feel, if that makes any sense. I don't want accept the situation in this world, in my life, etc. I want to work to make things better. I need to hope that things can be better. However I also want to be happy with my life now and accept they way things are. I my hope for change and do things to make changes, but still live in the meantime.
"I find patriotism not only a refuge of scoundrels but of idiots and those who like to buy their thinking ready-made each morning in the vacuous newspapers. Every decade or so governments create wars and whip up a frenzy, so that we will not notice the shortcomings of our own side and will not question the assumptions of our society and demand more rational institutions and laws." -Marge Piercy, Gone to Soldiers
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