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Chris Johnstone,Joanna Macy

Active Hope

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  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    Trying out a different way of thinking about our situation is a powerful way of strengthening our resilience and creativity.
  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    They faced the uncertainty by bringing to it their intention.
  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    each intention represents a preference for the kind of world we want.
  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    Times of crisis have a similar effect: they wake us up and engage our full attention.
  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    Not knowing brings your attention fully into the present.
  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    Neither complacent optimism nor resigned pessimism has power to motivate us; they don’t generate a hunger for learning or provoke our best response.
  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    Life, in its richness and mystery, never offers guarantees of success. We don’t let that stop us. Indeed, our awareness that the outcome is uncertain is what prompts us to prepare; it calls us to attention.
  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    When we know the future isn’t yet decided, there is room for us to play a role in influencing what happens.
  • Frida Arroyo Chiuhas quoted3 years ago
    what is the point of making an effort to improve things if we believe catastrophe is inevitable?
  • Macy Espinosahas quoted4 years ago
    Transmitted by global media, this story of modern living is catching on around the world and arousing an increasing appetite for consumption. Before 1970 just four items were regarded as essential purchases in China — a bicycle, a sewing machine, a wristwatch, and a radio.
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