Hope

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out. – Vaclav Havel

There are many definitions of Hope. One wouldn’t necessarily disagree with the former Leader of the Czech Republic on his thoughts, although fatalistic. I have always thought of hope along the lines of this quote by Robert Ingersoll:

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Perhaps a more optimistic view of Hope, or perhaps a pipedream?, depending on how you believe in the concept of Hope….but at least a view that makes one believe in or desire for a better outcome, or even a fantasy outcome, regardless of how reality plays out.

Then there is the Hope that one wishes friends when you hope they have a good day or that parts of their lives become less of a struggle, or when you hope they do well in a new job, or do fine in a return to new living arrangements. That Hope is a desire for things to turn out only One Way and that way is only the best of all possible outcomes for that person, that friend, not just something that makes sense, but something great.

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