Comments on: What Gives You Hope?

By: duncan heights » this makes me happy

duncan heights » this makes me happy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:36:29 +0000

[...] Filed under: beauty — V.E. @ 01:36:25 Monday, 24 August 2009 …in an odd kind of way. I heard a story from a guy that teaches an intensive semester-long course to college men, especially men who belong [...]

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Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:47:52 +0000

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By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:33:12 +0000

The fact that there are more and more women seeking higher education gives me hope. We need more strong, confident, educated women to become leaders and set a good example for younger generations.

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:33:56 +0000

The fact that I can’t go a day without making someone a new library card at work gives me hope.

The adult literacy volunteers where I work – and the people they teach – give me hope.

The story of Iqbal Masih makes me sad and gives me hope at the same time.

By: Fluffy

Fluffy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:06:27 +0000

Edmond- I’m an animal rights activist (and a vegan) and sometimes I feel utter despair and rage at the way we treat our fellow creatures. What gives me hope is that there are so many more vegans now than there were a decade ago. I hope we can reach the stage where every living being (human and non human) will be treated with love and respect and accepted for who they are.

By: colleen

colleen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:15:45 +0000

Studying quantum physics and astronomy gives me hope. Just looking at the images Hubble has been sending back for all these years now and imagining mindboggling enormity of the universe fills me with awe. The universe is stranger and full of more mysteries than we can imagine.
Cats and rooks and music also give me hope.

By: Link: Thread of Hope « Teaspoon of Sugar

Link: Thread of Hope « Teaspoon of Sugar — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:50:30 +0000

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By: Marcy Webb

Marcy Webb — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:55:01 +0000

• The lives of my parents, and what they achieved as Segregation-era, Depression-era, pre- and post-Civil Rights Black Americans. They are an example of what I can and hope to accomplish in my own life.

• All of the courageous Black Americans who came before me. I think that Black Americans exemplify patriotism. We are still here, and still believe.

• The next generation. I teach, and the kids with whom I am blessed to teach very year teach me a great deal, and give me tremendous hope.

By: Bagelsan

Bagelsan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:54:12 +0000

First it was Prozac (lol) then it was cheesy anime! I watch a lot of those shows where the main character is pretty much just relentlessly kind and determined to that point that all the villains just get worn out into falling in line. (Yanno, stuff like Naruto where he’ll get in a fight with a bad guy, punch them/get punched, and then talk about his feelings until they convert and say they’re sorry. Rinse, repeat. It’s great. :D)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:10:38 +0000

Two things: my husband and my dog. My husband because he listens every time I have anything to say about feminism, sends me feminist links and articles and took a feminism class in college because he knows it’s important.

And my dog, because when I adopted her after she went through three years of abuse, she was mean, aggressive, undernourished and scared of everything. Now she is none of those things. She reminds me every day that just treating a creature with respect and dignity (and a lot of affection, not to mention training in her case) can turn a life around.