Fear and hope are both about the unknown, but offer completely different ways of viewing it.
“What will happen?”
Fear says that the future will be worse than the present. Hope says that the future will be better than the present.
Sometimes, this belief then influences the outcome, because it shapes how we respond to the situation. Fear makes us feel stuck when we need to move, makes us quiet when we need to speak up, makes us feel alone when we need to feel connected, makes us feel passive when we need to be active.
To choose hope means to consciously override our biological response when things are, indeed, very scary. When you do this, things can start change: you do something, you ask for help, you speak up, you gather with the other hopeful humans and become stronger together, you feel the kindling of hope grow stronger and stronger with every action that you take.
Hope is powerful enough to simultaneously contain the reality of your fear and to help lift you above it
CTTO
“What will happen?”
Fear says that the future will be worse than the present. Hope says that the future will be better than the present.
Sometimes, this belief then influences the outcome, because it shapes how we respond to the situation. Fear makes us feel stuck when we need to move, makes us quiet when we need to speak up, makes us feel alone when we need to feel connected, makes us feel passive when we need to be active.
To choose hope means to consciously override our biological response when things are, indeed, very scary. When you do this, things can start change: you do something, you ask for help, you speak up, you gather with the other hopeful humans and become stronger together, you feel the kindling of hope grow stronger and stronger with every action that you take.
Hope is powerful enough to simultaneously contain the reality of your fear and to help lift you above it
CTTO