This chapter examines the crisis of hope and philosophical means to counteract it. Drawing on the theories of Claire Colebrook and Lauren Berlant, the author identifies hope’s inherent problems: its deferral of action to an uncertain future and its tendency to reproduce present limitations. Despite these issues, hope remains vital, as hopelessness carries unacceptable ecological, political, social, and individual costs. Following Moira Gatens, the chapter frames the current sociopolitical crisis as a crisis of both the body politic and individual bodies. In response, it proposes “tender hope”—an affective, body-centered concept that embraces both vulnerability (“tenderness” as susceptibility to pain) and gentle connection (“tenderness” as care). It reframes hope as attentiveness to the present and receptivity between vulnerable bodies across individual, social, political, and ecological contexts.