Hope is a discipline, as is every act of self-care, mental and physical health maintenance, and making plans for the future. So those who want to dismiss, damage and even discard us want to smash hope into smithereens. Unite! Resist! Remember that we've been here before to face down the oligarchs, and pushed them back.
I thought this was beautifully written a year ago, and it still leaves that impression today. It was and is one of my favorites over the 9 years.
Excerpt.
“But I’m here to assert that we are living in a moment in time that we have the power to overcome—and indeed, we will. This is not just an idle hope, unrealistic and untethered.”
We will get past this criminal regime and rebuild democracy better than it has been before. Thank you Steven, for your words of hope and encouragement.
Thank you for this reminder in your past essay Steven. Looking back one year, things haven’t gotten better with this regime, but we have continued to fight.
Thanks. I needed this. Again. Still.
Hope is a discipline, as is every act of self-care, mental and physical health maintenance, and making plans for the future. So those who want to dismiss, damage and even discard us want to smash hope into smithereens. Unite! Resist! Remember that we've been here before to face down the oligarchs, and pushed them back.
How far we have come, Steven. The end goal is in sight! Thank you for giving us the moxie to continue on!
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” - George Orwell
Thanks for the redux. We all need a quiet reminder of direction.
I thought this was beautifully written a year ago, and it still leaves that impression today. It was and is one of my favorites over the 9 years.
Excerpt.
“But I’m here to assert that we are living in a moment in time that we have the power to overcome—and indeed, we will. This is not just an idle hope, unrealistic and untethered.”
Thank you
We will get past this criminal regime and rebuild democracy better than it has been before. Thank you Steven, for your words of hope and encouragement.
Thank you for this reminder in your past essay Steven. Looking back one year, things haven’t gotten better with this regime, but we have continued to fight.