251 / “Optimistic but dissatisfied is the road to progress.”

(frustration is optimistic in the sense that it believes that what is wanted is available, so we might talk about frustration as a form of faith).

Tim: I think optimism is the expectation that things are going to be OK. That we’re going to get a good outcome. Hope is much more about meaning; hope is the will to hold on to our values in the face of difficulty. Optimism is one kind of hope, a rather flimsy sort of hope. What we need now is a more resilient kind of hope, one not based on an expe