Name: The extraordinary power of ordinary people
Uploaded: 2009-01-23T01:00:00Z
Duration: 12 min 23 s
Description: Sherwin Nuland, a surgeon and a writer, meditates on the idea of hope -- the desire to become our better selves and make a better world. It's a thoughtful 12 minutes that will help you focus on the road ahead.

Sherwin Nuland, a surgeon and a writer, meditates on the idea of hope -- the desire to become our better selves and make a better world. It's a thoughtful 12 minutes that will help you focus on the road ahead.

The extraordinary power of ordinary people

Hope is not just blind optimism, but a shift in direction toward meaningful change. A five-year-old’s observation that her father only understands things that bleed hints at how human connection, not technology, defines true progress. The urge to help others springs from a deep sense of moral imagination, which turns compassion into action. Collective healing begins when individuals see themselves through the eyes of others and act for the good of humanity.