It's time TO BE HOPEFUL...

[OneGrassRoot]

"TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."

— Howard Zinn


The masses are awakening. Even if you feel it's not fast enough or strong enough, or if you feel it's not possible here in the US, please don't trample the hopes of others.

"If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something."









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:hippie:

[RedCloud]

1. What goes around comes around.

maybe we can rid ourselves of our tyrants too!

[DearAbby]

3. WE

ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

[kestrel91316]

7. [phone]

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[sasha031]

4. would love to recommend your post a 100 times

thank you:hi:

[OneGrassRoot]

10. You're welcome!

:hi:

[sasha031]

14. Howard Zinn is smiling from the Heavens right now

:)

[handmade34]

5. Oh yes... time to be hopeful again

...we are the change we hope to see...

[OneGrassRoot]

11. Yes, WE ARE...

:grouphug:

[TriMera]

6. k&r. It's time. n/t

[jannyk]

8. It is Time!! K&R!

[nenagh]

9. Thank you OneGrassRoot....

How good you are to remind us.. and what a lovely post :hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

12. You're most welcome, nenagh....

I love the opportunity to use this quote as often as possible.

Now is the time.

:hug:

[BOG PERSON]

13. FREE BERNIE MADOFF

[OneGrassRoot]

15. kicking for hope and Zinn-spiration! :) n/t