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The 1 Thing Michelle Obama Wants Us to Have During Tough Times Is a Strong Sense of Hope

Michelle Obama Elle December 2018

The 1 Thing Michelle Obama Wants Us to Have During Tough Times Is a Strong Sense of Hope

November 15, 2018 by Brea Cubit First Published: November 12, 2018

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On transitioning from the White House to a regular home: "So here I am in my new home, just me and Bo and Sunny, and I do a simple thing. I go downstairs and open the cabinet in my own kitchen — which you don't do in the White House because there's always somebody there going, 'Let me get that. What do you want? What do you need?' — and I made myself toast. Cheese toast. And then I took my toast and I walked out into my backyard. I sat on the stoop, and there were dogs barking in the distance, and I realized Bo and Sunny had really never heard neighbor dogs. They're like, What's that? And I'm like, 'Yep, we're in the real world now, fellas.'"
On maintaining hopeful during dark times: "We have to feel that optimism. For the kids. We're setting the table for them, and we can't hand them crap. We have to hand them hope. Progress isn't made through fear. We're experiencing that right now. Fear is the coward's way of leadership. But kids are born into this world with a sense of hope and optimism. No matter where they're from. Or how tough their stories are. They think they can be anything because we tell them that. So we have a responsibility to be optimistic. And to operate in the world in that way."

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