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hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
Mon Nov 1, 2021, 09:37 AM Nov 2021

Jane Goodall: Life on earth is resilient.

I always like Jane Goodall’s perspective. This is an interesting article.

“Hope is as essential to humans as oxygen. It is a crucial survival trait that has sustained our species in the face of danger since the Stone Age. Hope is powerful.

But what is hope really? Is it just a feeling? Where does it come from? Can it be measured? Can we develop it? Instill it? Real hope is not a passive feeling: It’s a positive force that motivates action. Hope and action mutually reinforce each other – you won’t be active unless you hope your action will make a difference. You need hope to get you going, but then by taking action it helps you generate more hope. It’s a feedback loop.”

In this article. She gives three reasons to have hope.

More at link:


https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/jane-goodall-life-earth-resilient-100040145.html


I hope (yes, there’s that word!!!) she’s right. Sometimes with all that’s going on in the world right now, it’s hard to think that we as a species might have a chance.

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