Interviews on Hope: What Gives You Hope?

Slide show of images and quotes from interviews given on hope

1. Coping and Hoping Emma Pontrello , Oct. 2024

2. “The falling leaves are about to show you how beautiful it can be to let go.” Anne

3. “Um, well I–we’re in a bookstore, so I would actually say reading is–certain books are very inspirational and really represent the best of human nature, so reading can be something that’s hopeful depending on what you select.”

4. Kaz “ A big one for me is community or interaction with my friends.”

5. “I think I feel the most despair or hopelessness when I'm alone, so getting reality checked by my friends or community–sometimes against me–but sometimes with some of the things that I'm thinking and feeling help ground me. “

6. John “I think the first thing that comes to mind for me is community… there’s a lot of challenges in the world today and we kind of have to face them together rather than as individuals.”

7. “... what gives me hope is that there’s a connection here to nature, that some cities in the US don’t necessarily have. It’s not perfect, don’t get me wrong, but I think even the way places like Alaskan Way where they’ve taken away the big overpass and they’re creating landscaped areas, and reintroducing nature and things like that, that gives me hope.”