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To Hell With Hopelessness

People often ask me how I can be hopeful right now.

I tell them that this is the only option.

Hopelessness is a waste.It's useless.It's powerless.It's also contagious.

Friend, if you're feeling hopeless today, you're in good company.

For many of us, it's been a tall order lately to try and fend off the discouragement that seems unrelenting: too many emergencies for us to keep track, too many wounds to attend to, too much bad news for our battered minds to contain, too much sadness to bear.

Sleep and rest have been hard to come by.Joy seems in short supply.Peace feels elusive.Frustration comes…

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