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Tonight's chat is about hope- the pursuit, the practice, the perseverance.

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I've been considering the word hope. I've been thinking about what it means to wish someone something.

I... am a Virgo, and... y'know - control is comfortable for me. If I can do it myself, I will.

Um, but of course there's things in this world that are out of our hands. A lot of things, sometimes.

Things bigger than us, or, yknow, circumstances in a friends' life that you can't necessarily fix.

And I think about the texts that I send, the prayers I pray - where I hope. Where I wish.

And it starts with these words...

Because - I do think that they have purpose, power.

But.

I'm very aware of the human-ness of human existence.

My words don't directly create, um - material. I- cannot shift you in and out of different timelines automatically with my own intention and purpose.

I can't make life good to you.

But, we wish it.

We hope, we pray. And for centuries, I imagine for all of humankind we've had some sort of prayer.

I imagine the first tragedy. What one would do afterwards.

Cry out to someone? Yknow, anyone?

To plead or to rightfully complain.

There is something about having this kind of 'third person' to place things upon, whatever they are.

And, I guess it's gambling - betting on a future - saying 'I put my energy towards your highest timeline, dear friend'. Or, to wish someone ease, or comfort. To hope that the world bends to their will, their desire. Meets them, nourishes them.

I struggle to know what's helpful at different times. Because I want to say these things out loud - I want people to know what I hope for them. But more so, I want to be a part of people creating the worlds that meet them.

I want to see the change, the shift - I want to witness the world that, that uh- awaits.

I want to keep hoping, and praying.

I think these are things we can lose in drastic times. In war, in poverty. You can lose hope and have it be hard to find once you've lost it.

And, for me, yknow when I was in some deeps, deep depression - I know that awe was what helped me. Being able to look at the world and um, see something beautiful. Whether my logical mind thought that there was something to see or not.

And in this way, I want to preserve the practice of hope.

Um.

And I guess, this means practicing hope myself. Finding... finding her.

Knowing what seeds to sow, to harvest hope.

I think is really valuable - and, really personal. Unique.

I think without it, um, we're much worse off.

I want my hope to have wings. I want my hope to make sense. I want it to have weight.

I... I wonder what you think.