Hope and her two daughters

“Hope has two daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”

St. Augustine of Hippo

Oh, I know anger so well. Almost every time I turn on news radio, listening to the hypocrisy.

I want to scream. All deaths are worthy of being humanised. All. 

All forms of hate towards others must be stamped out to stop any one form of hate. 

All acts of otherisation keep us divided.

All types of supremacy are the seedlings of evil.

Little Atrocities must be called out. (https://syntropic.world/little-atrocities-the-path-from-integrity-to-self-deception-and-bad-business/)

I have to stop listening to the exceptionalism that seems to be the 24-hour news feed.

I have to stop hearing the designation of some people or groups as terrorists, and others who terrorise demand innocence and righteousness. The list is long. From Trump, the USA, and ICE, to the UK Parliament, to the Israeli Parliament.

Terrorism is the act of terrorising. It should be deemed wrong no matter who wielded the gun. Peaceful protesting is not terrorising. 

There is too much anger in me. And behind it, oceans of heartbreak. For our human cruelty to each other. 

I look to Courage. Syntropic World is dedicated to changing the world from hate, exploitation, colonisation, and extraction to extinction.

Instead of wallowing in my anger, which is dangerous, I must return to courage. To act. Write. Speak. Take a stand. Build. Design. Create. For a better world for Earth and all her creatures. 

When so many people who stand for all-human-rights are punished and slammed for speaking up against anything that is not this, thrown into a bucket of being anti this or that when they speak of all-human dignity, I must also dig deep into the well of my courage, knowing that when I do, I will be the target of hate. 

And wrapped in the blanket of courage, a refusal to respond to the hate with hate.

Oh, this is the hard work we face. 

Photo Taken September 27th 2025, Article published December 19th 2025