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Truth2Tell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 04:02 PM
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Unfortunately, When Hope Diminishes
"Unfortunately, when hope diminishes, the hate is often turned most bitterly toward those who originally built up the hope." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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kctim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 04:10 PM
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1. So all these people really hate themselves?
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 04:10 PM
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2. Or the people who betrayed them.
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Newest Reality Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 04:34 PM
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3. When hope is an indulgence in
wishful thinking without finding resources, (inner and outer) or a clear plan, and without knowing clearly when the result is considered attained, the presuppositions of those inspired by any hope used as a manipulative tool can lead them to anger and frustration at being conned.

How can they utilize that to understand the machinations of hope rather than lash out with projections of self-anger for being held gullible?

Hope can imply failure in certain contexts because it includes the acceptance that whatever might happen may also not materialize. It has become an empty, more abstract process word that simply replaces a series of questions/answers concerning why, who, how, when, with a container for anything a person may need or want to fill-in. There are a lot of process words, (that contain no content) and they can be useful, but tend to be manipulative.

You will see process instructions used as nominalzations where a verb/action/process is frozen in time. A thing, or person, or political process may always be in the process of changing, and you may be able to analyze that dynamic to see how, why, when, and by whom. When you freeze it into "change" it is another fill-it-in that is giving you an instruction without content.

I sure hope that is clear :) ;)
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