so this is kim maggie, i'm gonna put kim's thought to you festival with so many ongoing economic, social, political, and ecological crisis. what role can faith play in sustaining optimism and hopefulness? maggie, that's a big question. oh yeah, thank you for my introduction. i'm glad i didn't get that question the book. thank you, lord huh. go ahead my day. i mean, i think in many ways the answer to that question is deeply personal and, and so it looks differently for many of us. and i don't want to kind of gloss over that, but i can share sort of what sustains me. all of that for you know, in my tradition we believe that god does not give any person a burden greater than what they can bear. and that is something that is helpful to remind me that whatever is coming, you know, whenever i am experiencing that i find incredibly challenging and god knows already that he's place enough strength in my heart that i can enjoy that. and another. another thing that helps is that a friend of mine shared there's so much to fix in the world and i cannot fix everything. but i'm committed to doing what