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But a delusion brought by despair

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[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago

Inside of you are two wolves, Hope and Despair. If you feed one, it will grow and overtake the other.

However, they both want treats outside of meal time. In this way, they are both delusional.

[–] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 17 hours ago

Hope is what kept me alive long enough to finally fix my life.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 18 hours ago

Hope is the mental capacity to imagine a better world. Without it, there is "no alternative", no reason for action. Hope is the opposite of despair.

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 12 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I saw this quote floating around on Mastodon:

“People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider's webs. It's not. Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go.”

That is to say, hope is not something you fight to protect and shelter. Hope is the fight itself

[–] luciole 6 points 19 hours ago

Hope is two things: wanting a certain outcome and believing it’s possible. Hope can be delusional if its object is impossible, but in no way are all objects of hope universally out of reach. As for hope being brought by despair... well this is plain silly as the definition of despair is literally hopelessness. In that sense I’d argue that hope is actually brought by perceived uncertainty, which sounds pretty boring although it has the merit of being reasonable.