Emily Dickinson
Once again it seems like the quotes I am coming across that speak to me, are quotes that we need in these times. Isn't this just the loveliest of thoughts? That hope inspire the good to reveal itself?
As I sat and ponder this one, it made me slow down, and think about what hope can do and it truly does help us to see the good things. To pay attention to small acts of kindness or generosity or resistance or care.
Well before the self help books of our era, Ms Dickinson seemed to intuit that with an attitude of hope it is easier for us to notice good. It is then more likely that we will participate in this virtuous circle, that we will find the energy to continue because we have seen others doing good.
Another nice element of the quote I think is that she is suggesting that the good is there. It exists, it is being quiet and doing what it does; but that hope enables us to see it. Hope doesn't manifest the good; it simply reveals it. In fact it inspires the good to reveal itself which is even better in a way, giving agency of sorts to the good!
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