Active Hope (revised): How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power

By honoring our pain for the world, we break through the taboos that silence our distress.

There are many varieties of resistance. Here are seven common ones.

A great question to start this process is: “What happens through you?”

4. This information threatens my commercial or political interests.

7. There’s no point doing anything, since it won’t make any difference.

Our pain for the world not only alerts us to danger but also reveals our profound caring. And this caring derives from our interconnectedness with all life. We need not fear it.

5. It is so upsetting that I prefer not to think about it.

TRY THIS: OPEN SENTENCES ON GRATITUDE

If you’re feeling sickened by a disturbing news report, you can step into gratitude simply by focusing on your breath and taking a moment to give thanks for whatever may be sustaining you in that moment.

The term climate justice draws attention to both this intergenerational injustice and the ways climate disruption disproportionately harms people living in low-income communities and countries.