Wow! This hit me like a ton of bricks. I love it. So sweet. So optimistic. I needed this, NOW!
#ValerieJune
#Endless_Tree
#Music
#Hope
#Optimism

https://youtu.be/IBK6ECE4r1s

#Hope #truth #sanity #NoKings

Hoping this is emblematic of #truth still mattering, and We the People being able to see it, while speaking out for #democracy in the face of #TrumpVIrus

This and the sight/sound of a military tank on our streets, treads/wheels squeaking amid a street on the parade route so quiet and empty, we hear the squeak. (What, no WD40?).

Tnx, Diana...

A tiny ray of hope. Hope. What does it mean to you?

#hope #love #world #unity #humanrights #US #usa #uspol

https://youtu.be/DOiDUbaBL9E?si=X2JXr7PDA5kWOXje

PALM SPRINGS, CA -- “There’s some people who want to oppress. We choose to empower," Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills said to the crowd. "There are some trying to instill fear based use of police tactics. We choose to bring hope and compassion.” #nokings #peace #hope

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:osexcoyigbegopiwcx2yrtmd/post/3lrnz6lsfns2p

"Micro-acts of joy can have remarkably outsize effects on people’s moods, and in particular on their belief that they can control their own happiness":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/joy-mood-life-health-20372907.php
#hope #health #wellbeing

This week‘s #Ikebana(s). Times like these call for more flowers, more beauty, more appreciation, and more joy where you find it. My Ikebana teacher say there is great hope in flowers. May we continue to rise. #wafuikebana #bloomscrolling #hope #flowerarranging

#NoKings #Harleysville is a soft wrap. Hundreds of folks lined up along Main Street (PA Route 63) in Lower Salford Township, Pa. to #protest with signs and bells starting at 3:30. Video on Facebook indicates easily upwards of a thousand people. For reference the township has a population of about 15,000.

Enthusiastic support from local traffic in our red district with honking horns and friendly waves. Only a few scattered folks driving by with one thumb down or one finger up. The passing Cybertruck driver did not look proud.

Lots of friendly faces I’ve seen around and many I met for the first time. Inspired some real #hope in me today that’s been lacking recently.

Took part in my first #Protest today.

Well-organized, good turnout, no escalation.

It was encouraging to see how many local folks participated and how many of those driving by were honking & cheering for #Democracy.

I recently wrote an article mapping climate grief/anxiety on to the Kubler-Ross stages of grief.* It wasn't difficult. I wish it had been less easy. I also wish that when you read it, you come away with more hope than you had before you encountered it.

https://www.unsustainablemagazine.com/the-seven-stages-of-climate-grief/

#ClimatGrief #ClimateAnxiety #KublerRoss #Hope #Hopepunk #action #protest

*the exact number is contested these days but the majority of other articles on the topic cite seven, so that is what I went with

Between the #Pride #Parade and #NoKings protest in #Indianapolis #Indiana, my soul feels so good. There were tens of thousands of people. There’s so much work to do but it gave me strength and #hope that we’ll get through this together.

#WTHR reported 60,000 people were at the Pride Parade alone.

Also proud of my protest sign: “No Kings Only Daddies.”

#hope is a difficult thing to maintain when things seem bleak.

Especially when it gets worse, and uncertainty is thrown into the mix to produce a lot of #anxiety.

The #usa is going through an inevitable change, because no empire lasts forever at the very top.

Your best weapon to survive is yourself.

That's the one thing you can control to maintain hope, which is a finite resource.

You don't have to have a #job to #work and the best payment is meaning in life, and your #health.

Damn that’s a good graduation speech!
#harward #graduation #speech #humanity #hope

https://youtube.com/watch?v=8RRPzV8dLAk

"Americans disagree on much – but this week, we have found common ground" by Robert Reich:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/14/trump-parade-ice-no-kings-protests
"As we resist Donald Trump’s tyranny, America gains in solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we feel more courageous. As we feel courageous and stand up to the president, we weaken him and his regime."
#inspiration #hope #solidarity #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Crossposting this thread about #hope and #pessimism because the excerpts from Mara van der Lugt “Hopeful Pessimism” are gold https://bsky.app/profile/daeganmiller.bsky.social/post/3lrgscmuj3c2g #envhum #climate

Give Young People Some Hope

Isn't it strange that we insist on using the same electoral structure that got us into this mess?

Young people must be confused as hell:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=159

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#hope

"There may not be as much humanity in the world as one would like to see. But there is some. There's more than one would think."

James Baldwin

(Bruce Springsteen quoted this yesterday at the Berlin concert).