I have a really hard time with memorial services without some kind of beacon of hope built in. The Jewish holidays are all "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat..." The important part there is we survived. I try to be optimistic, but a lot of other people aren't--at the gender panel I went to, I was the only person who said "Why yes, I think it's possible that transgendered people will gain more political power within my lifetime." Everyone else went nuh-uh. I can deal with sadness, but I can't deal with sadness without some shred of optimism.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2011-12-01 05:04 pm (UTC)I have a really hard time with memorial services without some kind of beacon of hope built in. The Jewish holidays are all "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat..." The important part there is we survived. I try to be optimistic, but a lot of other people aren't--at the gender panel I went to, I was the only person who said "Why yes, I think it's possible that transgendered people will gain more political power within my lifetime." Everyone else went nuh-uh. I can deal with sadness, but I can't deal with sadness without some shred of optimism.