A theme that seems to be hitting me these days, in the time I spend online, is that of hopelessness. A sense that a few year’s back the future looked a lot brighter than it does now. And how can we get by without hope?
I would like to say something that you might consider radical.
You don’t need hope.
It’s not a prerequisite for life.
It’s not a prerequisite for getting things done.
It’s not a prerequisite for feeling good about yourself or your life.
In fact, life might even be better without hope. Have you tried?
There is a contraction in the global economy. The plans we made a few years ago might now seem like pie in the sky. But so what?
You need to think of it like this… what am I willing to do to live in hope?
Am I willing to sell myself out completely, just to feel hope?
Am I willing to surround myself with positive memes all day, just keep that sense of hope buzzing along?
Am I willing to repeat fifty hope-filled affirmations to myself, just to get up in the morning?
I say, fuck that shit.
Don’t be hope’s bitch. Don’t be hope’s junkie.
Lying there in the gutter… please man, give me a little bit of hope, you know, just a taste, just to tide me over for a while.
Practice living without hope.
Practice being functional without hope.
Practice having a good life without hope.
Try it. Experiment. Challenge any belief that you have that you need hope to continue. You might be surprised at how formidable a human being you become.
Hope is way overrated
Way before and during con-vid, I had no hope.
Everything looked like it was falling downhill and it was. Housing costs were becoming ridiculous, but everyone thought that's a good thing, an investment. Every war was for bullshit scumbag reasons, but people didn't care much because it was "over there".
Arghhhhhh! I thought I was crazy because I had no hope.
But I knew that things aren't making sense and the reason for loss of hope was that most people couldn't freaking see reality.
That is a scary society to be in... It's like being surrounded by a cult. I suppose that's how it's always been in society.
But con-vid changed a lot of things. Now I'm seeing people doubt their cult leaders. So, naturally I feel hope in things.
I don't think it's artificial hope that they were high on.
It's a real hope that change can and will happen.
Thank you and others for helping people deal with their "growing pains" in this changing reality.