We all have a relationship with hope. It is a force that has the power to sustain us through the darkest of times, but it often comes at a significant cost to its beholder. This cost is too often overlooked, misunderstood, or altogether neglected for the sake of “keeping spirits alive” or “staying positive.” CJ Rithner invites us to sit with and in the pain of hope; to consider that the hope of becoming is an invitation to our grief, and our grief is the gateway to our personal and collective healing.
This is for all who are weary of hope
Key takeaways:
Our pain/suffering is a sign of our hope
Becoming requires hope, which therefore requires an entrance into pain
We were meant to become in community with others - belonging is the joy of hope
Our becoming is never finished and our greatest hope is never actually realized - it is perpetually becoming.