The first time I cried underwater
was in 2008,
the island of Curaçao,
way down in the southern Caribbean.
It's beautiful there.
I was studying these corals for my PhD,
and after days and days of divin
分类目录归档:hope
The first time I cried underwater
was in 2008,
the island of Curaçao,
way down in the southern Caribbean.
It's beautiful there.
I was studying these corals for my PhD,
and after days and days of divin
The throughline of the Talk or idea
is that using hope in the classroom, the science of hope,
can change the world and help kids persevere, grow, and thrive
in any environment, as long as they have ho
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we grieve
because we love we heal because we find
hope
and connecting with a sense of wonder in
nature
when we are grieving can soothe our
heart and soul
how do we find hope in healing in the
since march
as we all know we have been for the most
part trapped in our home
schools workplaces and more have shut
down due to coven 19.
businesses minimize in-person business
work is no longer done
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good afternoon everybody
i'm so glad and honored to be part of
this event speaking to you today
i would like to start my talk by asking
you probably the most random question
that you will e
Transcriber: Delia Cohen Reviewer: Peter Van de Ven
Please picture a six-year-old boy
who like most boys his age is a complete Mama's boy.
One night, while his mother was bathing,
she calls out to hi
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i am a cynic
and a skeptic and i'm here to tell you
about hope i don't mean the kind of
commercialized type of hope that lacks
any substance
i mean the type of hope that is real and
tr
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i
open my eyes confused
i look around the lights are so
bright the room is white
machines beeping were in the background
a stranger is leaning over me where
am i what is happening
i try to pus
hope is something we create
but before i tell you how i discovered
this
i need to take you back to the beginning
when i was homeless on the streets of
pittsburgh
i was 17 years old and i found myself
i'd like to share with you
a change of perspective that has been an
infinite action generator for me
i'd like to share with you what it would
mean to act from a place of existential
hope
about the fut