Comments on: George Leonard: “We have heard enough of despair”

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:09:44 +0000

I guess I didn’t see hope in his work…..

By: Frank DeMarco

Frank DeMarco — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:43:17 +0000

It sounds to me like you are misreading him. His point was that there were too many people talking about despair, and we needed more people living in hope and bringing it to other people. After all, that’s what his later life’s work turned out to center upon.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:02:07 +0000

I think what we focus on is what we see. In the midst of the natural beauty that he surrounded himself with it is amazing to me he saw “despair” when nature itself speaks of “hope”. I see hope in the midst of despair, but I guess one can see despair in the midst of hope.