Hope Is Not A Strategy

Hope definitely has a place. But I struggle to know exactly how it fits in.

(photo from the author)

I’ve been thinking about the idea of hope this week. I’ve learned through life experience not to put much (any?) trust in hope. Hope often feels radically unsafe to me. Hope sometimes feels like a future orientation that sets you up for hurt. Wanting something, but waiting for the other shoe to drop. So I try to stay in the moment…