I like to define "hope" in this context as "grim determination".
In the Before Times, when you and I were in opposing tribes, I saw Barack Obama as embodying "grim determination". His re-election campaign against Mitt Romney was not the most happy yay-times "whee!" thing to endure. It was exhausting, occasionally demoralizing, and kinda dark.
Yet it was uplifting to see Obama, tired and less "hope"-like than he'd been in 2008, doggedly grind it out. I hope we all have that same grim determination, taking reward from the process of waking up every morning and working to preserve democracy.
I like to define "hope" in this context as "grim determination".
In the Before Times, when you and I were in opposing tribes, I saw Barack Obama as embodying "grim determination". His re-election campaign against Mitt Romney was not the most happy yay-times "whee!" thing to endure. It was exhausting, occasionally demoralizing, and kinda dark.
Yet it was uplifting to see Obama, tired and less "hope"-like than he'd been in 2008, doggedly grind it out. I hope we all have that same grim determination, taking reward from the process of waking up every morning and working to preserve democracy.