Hope in the Dark

O the beauty of an Evergreen summer contract!! How I love to construct my own knowledge and pursue academics my way. Stifle the laughter on your lips. Yes, I’m reading a book called Hope in the Dark. This is my first exposure to the writings of Rebecca Solnit and I am quite pleased. The official and notorious “Hope Teague book review” shall be posted “after a while” (as they say in the Philippines—which usually means an indefinite period of time).

So, what is hope? It is more than wishful thinking. It’s more than a passing comment of cheerful intent to lift one’s spirits. “To hope is to gamble. It’s to be on the future, on your desires, on the possibility that an open heart and uncertainty is better than gloom and safety. To hope is dangerous…to live is to risk” (p. 4). Borderline trite, but perfect for my current state of mind.

Thumbing through my Word files, I found a reflection that I failed to post. Hindsight is a powerful thing. So I think I’m going to offer it as an appropriate prologue to my current tangent. I wrote it in March, so it's in my archives. Enjoy.