Hit me with some joyful, hopey songs that are less "everything is going to be all right" than "the bad shit is over -- everything
is all right!"
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posted by threeants
on May 14, 2013 -
69 answers
Help me spread hope around me as part of my new year resolution
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posted by Baud
on Dec 23, 2012 -
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Quitting a prestigious job I really enjoyed but grew incompatible with, starting a new one that has more promise, but is still an unknown. I've listened the hell out of Moody Blues' "Story In Your Eyes" and Simple Minds' "Don't You." What other songs capture the essence of a bittersweet ending and an exciting but uncertain future?
posted by Slap*Happy
on Mar 30, 2012 -
18 answers
does it really get better? i'm a 40 year old single woman.
i have just gotten out of the arguably the worst relationship of my life (with some equivalent badness from my late teenage years, but isn't that the point of late teenage years). you can see my posts
here and
here.
I clearly have some issues to sort out and need to spend some time recovering from the chaos and i'm working on that in all the various ways (meditation, exercise, long walks, trying to eat right, time with loved ones, etc.)
so hive mind, what i really need right now is some hope. please tell me your tales of 40+ happiness- romantic and otherwise.
thanks!
posted by memi
on Jul 1, 2011 -
38 answers
How to maintain hope that I will find someone to be in a committed relationship in the face of what feels like overwhelming odds?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 23, 2010 -
21 answers
Our two fifty-foot pecan trees are almost dead (90%+ of the canopy is bare).We know that we need to remove the vast majority of the trees -- the dead limbs hang over our yard, roof, and deck, and are a hazard. But there are a few green shoots coming up toward the bottom quarter of the tree, maybe ten to fifteen feet up the trunk and out of the bottom of some of the branches.
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posted by seventyfour
on Jun 7, 2010 -
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Is it possible to get accepted at a community college or university without submitting prior college transcripts and still get financial aid?
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posted by isopropyl
on May 31, 2010 -
7 answers
How to increase my confidence, engagement, risk-taking, and openness in the world... I feel like a phrase I read once: "she had all of her emotional widgets broken off one by one". (long)
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 10, 2010 -
11 answers
How can I maintain some optimism about my child's future, given the crappy crappy world we live in?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 24, 2010 -
45 answers
The aughts were the worst decade (I hope) of my life. How can I say "fuck you" to them and welcome the next 10 years?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 25, 2009 -
33 answers
I have to decide whether to return to medical school next year or not. Looking for lots of perspective.
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posted by schmichael
on Nov 30, 2009 -
10 answers
A coworker was robbed this week, and a box of very sentimental items was taken. Can anyone offer some advice for possibly having them returned or found?
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posted by snapped
on Oct 1, 2009 -
17 answers
I need to pick a seminar/conference/class/training/whatever for work to attend within the next 6 months or so, I have until 10PM to choose, and I have no idea where or what the cool stuff is. It should be at least tangentially related to my job as a Unix Systems Engineer/Python Guy, and preferably within the Northeast (NYC is where I'm located), although feel free to recommend anywhere in the US.
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posted by Mach5
on Aug 7, 2009 -
3 answers
In the
article regarding the AP demanding compensation for Shepherd Fairy's appropriation of a photograph of Obama for the "Hope" poster, it says:
"I donated an image to them, which they used. It was the one that said "Change" underneath it. And then later on I did another one that said "Vote" underneath it, that had Obama smiling," he said in a December 2008 interview with an underground photography Web site.
Which underground photography website would that be? Googling the quote, or variations of, only brings me this news article.
posted by Jimbob
on Feb 5, 2009 -
5 answers
"Is the hope for profound change misdirected in a country where almost 50% of the population voted for the incumbent party?" (Historical perspectives on this question, please)
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posted by omnigut
on Nov 30, 2008 -
17 answers
Seeking advice about a quote from Hebrews 10:23, which states "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful." This is from one of the books of the New Testament (Epistle to the Hebrews).
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posted by iamkimiam
on Nov 29, 2008 -
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I have fucked up yet another academic semester. This is the third time--I fucked up as a freshman, took time off, came back, fucked up again, took more time off, and came back and have repeated the cycle. Only now, now that I've realized I've shot myself in the foot again, I desperately want to recover my academic career somehow. Is it possible? Is it over?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 19, 2008 -
34 answers
She might be leaving for good in one month, or not leaving at all. We find out in one month. How do I not ruin the next month for myself and her by being miserable about it?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 20, 2008 -
10 answers
I would like to sense God in my life. I go to church regularly, pray, and read the Bible to understand Him better but I still have such deep bouts of depression where I either don't trust or sense his presence. There is a wide gap between what I believe with my heart and what I understand in my head. For example, I understand and believe in the sovereignty in God but when hard times come or extremely difficult emotions (despair) arise, that is the first thing I question. I am not looking for an easy life or a perfect life, just one that is able to trust God more. Any opinions on how to do this? I feel a great tension between trying harder, and just letting go but my letting go resembles more closely giving up than "letting God" if you know what i mean. To summarize, I want a stronger faith. Any ideas? Thanks so much for input.
posted by snap_dragon
on May 8, 2008 -
58 answers
Background: I am 41 years old. I am 16 credits shy of graduating with a BS in Mathemathics. my GPA is 2.79, I have over 250 hours of attempted coursework, 144 of that is being counted towards my degree. I program and design software systems for a living.
The Problem: I really love math and computer science but I am lousy at learning. when I say lousy I mean slow.
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posted by WannaBeAPhD
on Apr 13, 2008 -
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I'm in the bottom the stereotypical bleak pit of a crushing depression. I'm doing the therapy. I'm doing the medications. But what do you do with your brain meanwhile? How do you keep going on?
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posted by beautifulcheese
on Mar 5, 2008 -
58 answers
I remember seeing about 2 years ago a clip where Anna Deavere Smith was doing a piece on Cornel West. Channeling him saying that he uses the "language of despair" because you must despair before you can hope. Something like that. It was quite moving...and I've thought about it many times in the interim.
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posted by sully75
on Feb 7, 2008 -
8 answers
Sandman Fans: I need a quotation, but I don't have the graphic novel. It's from the first volume. He's leaving Hell after retrieving one of his toys, and Morpheus says something about how the worst thing you can do to the condemned in Hell is give them hope. What's the actual quote?
posted by scaryblackdeath
on Apr 8, 2007 -
6 answers
How do you convince a part of your brain that seems unaccessible by cognitive function, yet holds beliefs that are affecting your life poorly? The combination of two such "unalterable" opinions has me currently locked into a course that will exacerbate, not solve, some very long-lasting problems.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 20, 2007 -
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