Abstraction is the enemy of meaning.
Hope is the belief in the probability of the possible rather than the necessity of the probable.
Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful.
Storytelling may be what most distinguishes social movements from interest groups.
When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived experience. We reveal the kind of person we are to the extent that we let others identify with us.
There's a real sweet spot between challenge and hope - leaders make pathways that keep both firmly in view.