Despair is not wisdom. But sometimes it’s the only response that makes sense to a nervous system in light of gestures broadly. But even if things suck now, things aren’t stuck sucking. Suck is temporary, as is everything. This is my collection of stuff that helps me remember that.

This list is small for now. It will grow.

Videos

These videos are my go-to hope resets:

• What I Can’t Show You - John Green spends this vlogbrothers video showing off a new hospital that was built largely through generosity and crowdfunding. It reminds me that, even when greed and selfishness appear to surround us, there are so many good people working so hard to improve the human experience.
• We’re Here Because We’re Here - John Green reviews “Auld Lang Syne” in The Anthropocene Reviewed, the most hopeful book I’ve ever read.

Books

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Sula by Toni Morrison
• Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
• How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis
• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
• Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky