An important quote, about losing hope..

[Stuart G]

"The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope"...... Hillary Clinton

[skylucy]

1. +1000

[Stuart G]

3. Yes..I agree..+1000...and

We must not give up..ever..

[Bettie]

2. How does one

avoid that?

Seriously, give me one hopeful thing.

Yes, we are demonstrating. However, we don't count the votes, we don't have any access to drawing the districts, our elected Democrats are not fighting this.

Even if we get rid of Agent Orange, we still have Christian Sharia Pence, Ryan, and McConnell.

Where is the hope? If you have a direction for me to look, I'm really, seriously interested, becasue all I see is tunnel with zero light at the end.

[Stuart G]

5. Look deep inside..., look at history..

did Winston Churchill lose hope?
did Abe Lincoln lose hope?
did Barack Obama lose hope?
did Eleanor Roosevelt lose hope?
did Helen Keller lose hope?
...and I ask DU members to list as many examples as possible to light the tunnel, even a little.
..........................we all need that light.............................................................

[saidsimplesimon]

4. May I include this

mention of our former President?

"The Audacity of Hope"-Barack Obama (beloved former President and now a Citizen of the World, imo)

[Stuart G]

6. thank you for posting this...great post..!!!!.

hat is off for you...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. The Women's March on Washington made me extremely hopeful.

That such an event could be pulled off on such short notice is remarkable. I'm old, and I'm beginning to think that there might be something to this "internet" thing that all the kids are talking about.

As librarian said to me the next day, she was there with 500,000 of her closest friends.

Full disclosure: I did not go. I ride the Metro five days a week, and the thought of one more day on the Metro, with crowds well beyond weekday levels, was more than I wanted to deal with. My SIL went, with her daughter, her daughter's husband, and the daughter's husband's parents. They watched as one loaded train after another went past before there was one they could board.

At least one Farecard machine* broke down, and the Metro personnel were waiving people onto the trains anyway. Who knows what the actual fare count was?

* Yeah, I know. They don't use Farecards anymore. I don't know what the machines are called. SmarTrip card machines?

[Stuart G]

8. I talked to someone yesterday that went to one of the many marches..

That march was in a town in the middle west..2000 people showed up.
.far more than was expected..and she showed me a picture of her granddaughter, who is three,...
holding up a sign. The marches around the world gave hope to many...thank you for sharing this

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. I read that 10,000 people showed up in Helena, Montana.

I've been to Helena. 10,000 people. Helena, Montana. Amazing.

[Stuart G]

10. People all over the country showed up..

In numbers not contemplated or expected.
Far greater than imagined ...and...these were peaceful..and they give hope to many...
and.........still give hope to many!

[Tanuki]

11. Another, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama: "There is a saying

in Tibetan: 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster."
Dalai Lama XIV

[Stuart G]

12. Thank You for posting this..

We must never ..."lose our hope"...

[demmiblue]

13. My favorite poem about hope:

“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.


- Emily Dickinson