Hi everyone,
I’ve been meaning to talk to someone about this, but this is not an appropriate topic for any of my friends, family, or for my therapist.
I’m really struggling with staying hopeful about the future, and I don’t know what to do to overcome this. I wish I was as hopeful as Cenk, but instead I’m as black-pilled as Ana - and then some.
This has especially come to light with the recent surge of requests for donations from Rebellion PAC. On the one hand, I know that the candidates they endorse are generally worth supporting, but at the same time… does it really matter in the end? I’m feeling somewhat guilty about not sending donations because I know that they need the money and if we want candidates to stop taking corporate PAC money, we have to foot the bill ourselves. But… I just can’t get myself to support them.
Is anyone else struggling with this? How do you get yourself out of this rut?
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I’d suggest that there’s really no solution outside of your own ability to change perspective and perception. I’m not a religious man, but I do have strong feelings about what faith and belief are, as well as how they can impact your life.
I heard a quote again yesterday “life is 10% what you experience and 90% how you respond to it,” and feel that it’s not entirely accurate but definitely bears weight. Personal experiences I had as a young adult had me black-pilled for a decade, and it took life shattering changes in my family for me to understand that I could control what I was feeling and how I respond.
I spent late hours studying some philosophy and theology, never found any particular set of beliefs that fit. Take time to consider your life, your existence, from a 3rd person perspective. If you passed away this minute, or in 50 years. It doesn’t matter if you’re in history books or if nobody knew your name, what matters is you living your life. Nobody else can live it or will ever know what you really think or how you really feel. The future is always uncertain, and the good and bad possibilities are always shifting. There will always be hope, and there will definitely be despair. You’ll see more of what you’re focused on, until you don’t try to focus anymore.
Be well, best wishes to you and all who are reading this.
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