Hope
A dream, a wish, a thought…
It is not tangible, yet we can hold onto it. We can’t see it but we feel it. We use it in our sentences everyday and it can be second nature to even say the word. It is only a four letter word, so small, but so profound. It is important, because without it, what do we have?
It can be hard to remain hopeful, especially in times like these. Is there a lot you can hope for? I would say that now I am a hopeful person, I am always thinking about my future and what it will be like. Will I accomplish my goals? Will I be happy? Will I still have big dreams? Will I have better days?
I have the potential so succeed so many different things, and I have been held back by myself as well as things that were not in my control. I have had to face many obstacles to get where I am now. It was hard to keep moving forward without giving up. There was a point where I wasn’t sure I was ever going to accomplish anything. It felt like everything was in my way, everything was stopping me from getting anywhere. I gave up for a some time and l didn’t want to get back up.
Then I did, hope pulled me up. I thought I had been knocked down too many times to get back up again. I was very wrong, I was still strong even though I didn’t feel like I was. See, sometimes we need that helping hand, we don’t have to do everything on our own.
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I hold on to hope everyday because if I don’t I will fall back down. Hope is what keeps me going everyday. It reminds me that even if I have nothing, I will still have it.
Hope is versatile, it doesn’t only have to be for one thing. Hope for better days, hope for yourself, hope for someone else, hope for love, hope for healing, hope for more, hope for less, hope for strength, hope for wisdom, hope for peace, hope for joy, hope for big, hope for small, hope is for everything. It is for anyone and there is no limit to it.
Hope is in your reach and it can only be yours if you want it to be. It can’t force it’s way into your life or make you believe in it. You have a choice in the matter, no one can force you to feel it…
Sometimes were in dark places, where we can’t see anything and there is nothing around you, but one day you see a slither of light. It peaks through a tiny hole and maybe over time this hole gets bigger. More light comes through and you find yourself reaching out to see what this foreign source is. You touch it and suddenly its not so dark anymore. You can see what is, it is beautiful, it is mesmerizing, it leads the way out of the dark.
This is what it is like to find hope.
Follow it. Hold it. Remember it everyday.
“Hope- The optimistic belief that something good can happen even when things seem tough”
