> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 18 evergreens</em></s> #### [[Hope is not optimism it is a practice for producing change]] > [[Optimism]] looks at the evidence to see whether it allows us to infer whether we can do X or Y. [[Hope]] says I don't give a damn I'm gonna do it anyway > > <cite>[[Cornel West]]</cite> Some people think that being angry prevents you from being optimistic, but [[Anger fuels change]] and [[True optimism is acknowledging the suffering of the world and defying it anyway]] If you can find [[hope]] within yourself or within other people, it's all worth it. On a personal level, [[Happiness is enlightenment and sadness is delusion]]. Even if you are [[suffering]], [[hope]] is the only path forward: [[Realism must acknowledge optimism's existence and effectiveness]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/GREEN *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[hope]], [[optimism]], [[anger]], [[social progress]], [[human advancement]] #### References ![[video - Cornel West Race Matters#Hope is not optimism it is a practice for producing change|no-h]] %% #TO/EXPLORE/WATCH the rest of this lecture %% > "Kaba states, “I always tell people, for me, [[hope]] doesn’t preclude feeling sadness or frustration or anger or any other emotion that makes total sense. Hope isn’t an emotion, you know? Hope is not optimism” > > [[articles - Summary, part 1 & 2 We Do This 'Til We Free Us Study Guide — Radical in Progress#^nhhdke | radicalinprogress.org]] > ![[10_Sources/tweets - It’s Hard to Explain Jus...#^269132050]]