The Battle for Hope

I watch this and real­ize that I should be enthu­si­as­tic, ener­gized, moti­vated, and excited about the poten­tial and oppor­tu­ni­ties for an explo­sion of new learn­ing that could take place.

So why instead do I feel depressed, defeated, and hope­less? I am at a place where the cynic in me is win­ning the bat­tle and crush­ing the ide­al­ist. I want to inno­vate, but my own weak­nesses and lack of knowl­edge cou­pled with what seem to be end­less bar­ri­ers in the sys­tem con­vince me daily that it will never happen.

I can address my own flaws, and I am. I can chip away at the bar­ri­ers, and I am. But are there enough peo­ple doing the same? Can we over­come the enor­mous iner­tia that con­tin­ues to drive the sys­tem on in the same direc­tion? I hope so, with the lit­tle bit of hope I have left.