<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hope on Dirk Kelly</title><link>https://dirkkelly.com/tags/hope/</link><description>Recent content in Hope on Dirk Kelly</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 22:21:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://dirkkelly.com/tags/hope/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Phiolosophy of Pessimism</title><link>https://dirkkelly.com/posts/pessimism-true-detective/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 22:21:51 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dirkkelly.com/posts/pessimism-true-detective/</guid><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;We should cope as well as we can at whatever we have to do, we have to acknowledge the absurd background to existence and then triumph over the constant possibility of hopelessness.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Albert Camus&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description></item><item><title>Accepting Collapse and Moving Beyond Hope</title><link>https://dirkkelly.com/posts/accepting-collapse-and-moving-beyond/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 16:22:29 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dirkkelly.com/posts/accepting-collapse-and-moving-beyond/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I have to admit that I haven’t been fully honest, in a lot of my writing I’ve implied that it’s important to get engaged in community in order to change policy to avoid extinction.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;The truth is that the time for action has come and gone, greedy people made decisions decades ago to force us down the path of ignoring the problem while we had any chance of solving it.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>We Will Be Destroyed, If We Remain Divided</title><link>https://dirkkelly.com/posts/we-will-be-destroyed-if-we-remain-divided/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:52:46 -0600</pubDate><guid>https://dirkkelly.com/posts/we-will-be-destroyed-if-we-remain-divided/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Under the oppression of tyranny we learn helplessness.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Under constant division we stand alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Under threat of violence we do not fight for freedom.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Together we can get our fair share.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Together we can serve our purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Together we can change the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;h4 id="stand-together--together-we-stand"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stand Together &amp;amp; Together We Stand.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>