1250: Hope in dark times
Sometimes it feels like the world is going to hell in a handbasket, so today’s Daily Pep! is a message of rebellious hope.
Episode transcript:
Good morning, Daily Peppers. And a very happy Monday to you. So, today feels like a really good day to talk about rebellious hope. It often feels like the world is going to hell in a handbasket. And I don't know about you, but I often struggle with clinging on to any semblance of hope and also feeling pretty powerless. But one of the things I keep returning back to is the fact that having hope is a rebellious act because it takes courage to imagine better and believe in better and courage to imagine a brighter future when the future doesn't look too shiny. Hope is also rebellious because too many people benefit from our despair. And while despair is a very, very valid reaction to so much going on in the world right now, it also really robs us of our one wild and precious life and robs us of our power.
And that always makes me think of the Anita Roddick quote where she says, if you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. So for today's daily pep, I want to give you some rebellious hope. And on Martin Luther King Junior Day, I wanted to do that through his words. So here are 3 of his quotes to help you get through this day and also the brighter and possibly darker days ahead. Firstly, darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.
And secondly, no person has the right to reign on your dreams. And thirdly, and maybe most pertinent of all, we shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. So here's to knowing you're not alone. Here's to brighter days ahead. And here's to holding on to rebellious hope, even when it feels really hard. Because that is possibly the most important time of all.
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