After class today I thought a lot about the word hope. One of the
things I thought about was how hope is sometimes the only motivation
left when a situation seems so hopeless. I think and feel as though
there is a large majority of people that have used hope in a poor way.
Those who hope that their government or leaders with solve the problem
and take care of them and the hope that some god will float down from
the place it has been hiding and right all the wrongs that humanity has
caused.To me, this seems like a way of passing their responsability
elsewhere.
I would see a good form of hope as being, a hope in humanity. Right now
I feel as though there isn't much hope for the future. Our population
growth is growing beyond the capacity of life sustaining resources. If
this happens it one possibility is a world war fighting over water,
food, and other life sustaining resources.
The real hope lies in the fact that we aren't their yet. There is still
a chance that things can be done to soften the blowback of
consequences. I believe their is a strong hope in informing as many of
the people on this planet as we can, without scaring the shit out of
them. The real hope lies in the capability of humanity to alter their
environment. If people who are aware of the future problems we are
facing do what they can to let those around them know, then a shift
will occur, and the future won't look so bleak. The problem is getting
habitual human beings to give up comforts, and rituals in order to make
a better future that they won't even be alive for.