so always have hope
it can be hard to find hope
but always have it …
Kate Kellaway, a feature writer and deputy theatre critic for the Observer, interviewed the author, Michael Rosen and published it under the headline, “Michael Rosen: ‘My daughter once called me an “optimistic nihilist.”
That headline caught my eye so I read the interview even though I had never heard of Mr. Rosem.
Ms. Kellaway asks, “In The Big Dreaming, you have three catchphrases – “happiness right now”, “safe path home” and “have hope”. Why this trio?”
Mr. Rosen responded with: Happiness is worth striving for but the problem is, the more you strive for it, the less you get it. You have, somehow, to happen upon it in a light way. And about the safe path back home… one thing I learned in rehab is that, at the end of the day, you have to help yourself.
Ms. Kellaway asks, “And hope?”
Mr. Rosen responded with: “You can’t go to the next minute if you don’t have hope. My daughter once said: “Dad, you’re an optimistic nihilist.” I said: “What’s that?” And she said: “Well, you don’t believe in anything divine but you’re optimistic about life.” And I said: “Yes, it’s not much fun to be pessimistic about it.” So always have hope. It can be hard to find. But always have it.”
Happiness right now.
Safe path home.
Have hope.
It’s not much fun to be pessimistic about it.
So always have hope.
It can be hard to find.
But always have it.
Not bad to start the New Year.
Though ….
Yet …
I am reminded of how the movie, PATTON, ends with a voiceover of George C. Scott reading something General George S. Patton wrote.
“For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeters, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown, and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.”
I can say always have hope.
But whispering in my ear a warning is the voice of Morgan Freeman saying, “Hope is a dangerous thing. Drive a man insane. It’s got no place here.”
You buys your ticket and you takes your chance I guess.
Take a walk on the wild side.
Always have hope.
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