Derrick Jensen explains that hope is “longing for a future condition over which you have no agency.” Meaning- powerless. He states that hope is actually a bad thing. That if you are hoping for something you are not being active, you are just relying on someone or something to do the work. This is the case for most of the world. Everyone wants the earth to be better, but nobody is doing anything about it. We are all just hoping something will happen, which isn’t getting anything done. Jensen also explains that if you give up on hope, you are giving up on fear, that you now have the courage to make a difference, which makes you very dangerous to those in power.
I feel that this way of looking at hope and our future can very easily impact my work, and my life. That if I just sit around hoping that I will have a great portfolio or a successful career, none of that will come true. I have to be active. I have to turn away from both hope and fear and make a difference with my life and my work. That is how you accomplish something, and that is what everyone on this planet has to realize.
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