UnHopeful
I awoke this
morning with the word ‘unhopeful’ coming through my mind, then my lips. As I
have been taking this graduate writing course, I’ve learned that there are
words that can be in literature that are not yet in the dictionary. Or would have
been looked down upon as being used, such as undivorced, instead of
remarried.
After
having this literary happening upon waking this morning; I expressed out loud
to myself, “I wonder if unhopeful is a word?” Then thought either way it’s
unique. And pray tell, why did that word come through me upon waking this
morning? And of course, like a bad song from the 1980’s stuck in one’s head—here
it lay persistent of it’s demand that I write about it, or else it would haunt
me forever.
The next
thought with the unused word by me was, the hurricane threatening Florida once
again—only this time I knew it was ever more deadly than the one just nine days
prior. This coupled with the fact that there were still people missing in the
three states hit the hardest from Hurricane Helene, a little more than a week
ago. Add that in with our political climate especially in those states already hit
and hurting from Helene. Yet, we’ve been here before as a nation. This truly is
not a new situation. It’s an old new situation. Its old but reported differently. And it is
appearing as unhopeful.
In writing
something to a judge, a piece of legislation or proposal to a CEO or CFO of a
corporation, best practices show that to attract immediate interest—the
presenter must demonstrate the new idea with the old idea. The reasoning behind
this is to bring familiarity to the table, as it will help to gain interest in
that proposal. Connectivity is a human desire.
Connectivity
to commonality is where fear abates. And the unhopeful situation may appear
inevitable; however, after the waters recede and the dust settles there will be
hope in the unhopeful. How it arrives will be how individuals of our nation
react. There will be long stretches of rebuilding, resituating and fatigue. Yet,
if we look a few weeks ahead, there will be new jobs, more job opportunities,
more volunteers will be needed, and this country will be better for it. It’s
the sun that shines behind the clouds of tragedy.
In the unhopeful
moments when we’ve lost our way being diverted by the destroyers of democracy,
we will be given a chance to rectify our unwanted, undesired cacophony of incivility.
Perchance, we take these moments of unsteadiness, then steady ourselves quietly
within our own souls. Individual introspection is essential to get us through,
because it is a US thing.---Jody-Lynn Reicher
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