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“It's a balancing act, keeping hope but not letting it drive you to distraction. Because the flip side of hope, the dark side, is the side that keeps you wanting to be somewhere else from where you are, with something else from what you've got-- the side that keeps you from appreciating and feeling fully and deeply what there is in this moment. Hope keeps us in the flow--moving forward-- and I will not underestimate its value, but hopelessness keeps us present in the moment, whether it is the Buddhist hopelessness of non-attachment or the hopelessness of despair.” — Shellen Lubin
It's a balancing act,
keeping hope
but not letting it drive you to distraction.
Because the flip side of hope, the dark side,
is the side that keeps you wanting to be
somewhere else from where you are, with
something else from what you've got--
the side that keeps you from appreciating
and feeling fully and deeply what there is
in this moment.
Hope keeps us in the flow--moving forward--
and I will not underestimate its value, but
hopelessness keeps us present in the moment,
whether it is the Buddhist hopelessness of non-attachment or
the hopelessness of despair.