Hope!

Hope is a dangerous thing and yet one of the best things to have.  It can keep you going when things look impossible, and it can drag you through the trenches, tearing you apart from the inside out.

Hope is the light at the end of the tunnel.  It is the thing that keeps you going when nothing else makes sense.  It can get you through the toughest of times if you let it.  There are alot of people who think that hope is a double edge sword.  I am one of them.  I think that it can be an instrumental tool in getting you through things that you could’ve never made it through.  You know when you see movies and against all odds the hero gets up, and with everything they have left they throw the last haymaker/granade/word to change the almost inevitable outcome.  We all have this little person inside us that says, “Yes! I knew you could do it.  I would’ve done the same thing!”  On the other hand you could turn it around as well.  You’ve always seen the bad guy on his last leg, and even though he’s been beaten or shot 5 times, he still has enough energy to draw his weapon one last time.  You know what happens next.  The hero draws his piece quicker and the “bad guy” is killed.  It’s the same hope that they each had.  The last straw to make things right.

So is hope a good or a bad thing?  I guess it depends on your viewpoint.  I am a strong believer that you can change your viewpoint in the snap of a finger.  It’s easy to always see the bad in things.  That’s our nature.  It’s alot harder to see everything in a positive light.  If you look at every situation and see how it could benefit you or how you could grow from it, you will have a better outlook on life.  Your life will be more uplifting and more fun!  Isn’t that what life is about? I know, not just having fun, you need to have a purpose, but you can have a purpose and have fun fulfilling that purpose.  Lighten up everyone.  Don’t take life sooo seriously!  Do what you need to do, but enjoy the time you have here.