Hoping and despairing about what we can’t control only distracts us from what we can: our actions in the present.
Miguel Clark Mallet
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- We’ve Hoped Our Way Into Our Current Crisis, September 18, 2017; Complete sentence from original essay, fully read. Critical view of hope as expectation: advocates present action and values rather than guaranteed outcomes. 20-word excerpt.
- We’ve Hoped Our Way Into Our Current Crisis, September 18, 2017
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