Hopeless?

A sunrise at 7:00 am? Here is a litte something I wrote before I saw this beautiful sunrise this morning.

There has been a lot of harm done in our world

not to mention a lot of money exchanged

offering people false hope.

It’s surely false hope to believe that—

this day

this week

this life

will be any different

It’s false hope to think that I can ever—

forgive me

or trust her

or change that

The truth is, I will never get out of this mess

It’s false hope to believe my that my small actions will ever help—

with climate change or poverty

with a cure for diabetes or dementia

with tribalism vs community

It’s false hope to believe that hope itself is anything more than—

wishful thinking

deluded denial

more positive thinking silliness

It will all just lead to unmet expectations and more disappointment

Surely it is completely unrealistic to think that this is anything but a closed universe.

No hope from anything outside of what I already see and hear and think.

Just one thing.

Could it be that there is not only false hope but also false hopelessness?

Could it be that some of my criticisms and fears of “false hope” are the things that are really false?

Could it be that during this hectic week ahead we will have not only false hope coming at us but also an awful lot of false hopelessness?

Can I pry my hands off of the Monday morning steering wheel long enough to believe that I might experience both?

May this week bring you the sense to recognize false hope and the wisdom to look for false hopelessness too.

May we live into both possibilities even now.

Have a great week.