Hope is not action

Frumkin and colleagues discuss the importance of hope in the face of climate despair.1 Hope can be motivating. “Hope, and more specifically, particularised hope, has been shown to be an important part of the recovery process from illness; it has strong psychological benefits for patients, helping them to cope more effectively with their disease,” say Wiles et al.2Yes, hope can be beneficial. But hope, both as a noun and a verb, is just a feeling. It might predispose to action, but it is not action. It is easy for people to hope for something. And when they do, they often think that they have done something useful. They are “hopeful” that there will be a good outcome. If they were not hopeful before, then they have changed. But they have had no effect except on their emotional state. They have not done anything to make that outcome become a reality.Was…
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