Always have hope! Hope is like a tiny
battery deep inside you that must not fail. If it fails, you fail.
If you have hope, your system is
activated to action. With hope, you may
try, work, invent and explore new ideas. You have a burden lifted into your
being to discover new unknowns. Without
hope, you languish in a valley of inaction. Hope, like love, is fragile, easily
breakable at first. As well, hope can
carry through the most difficult times.
SPORTS. One manifestation of this is with
sports teams. When a team gives up on
itself and loses hope, its fans also give up. Their supreme effort to win is
dissolved. The conversation turns to next season and new player acquisitions.
In European leagues, relegation is assumed, resulting in players looking to
change teams. The entire team package is lost until it finds hope once again.
CITIES. The city that loses hope,
dissembles. It’s laws are not enforced; homelessness rises; city legislatures
lose focus toward meaningless abstractions; businesses leave; productive people
leave. Few cities come back from the despair of hopelessness.
PEOPLE. When a person loses hope, they are
paralyzed to action. Nothing works; nothing can work; nothing will work. Attempts
are canceled. The hopeless dwell in a region of inaction and despair.
COUNTRIES. When a country loses hope, crime
moves in; bribery is common and constant; infrastructure languishes; lawmakers
posture while doing nothing; national esteem is diminished; dark clouds
permeate the country’s mood. This
country is vulnerable to attack.
Hope activates achievement. It
permits success; it diminishes excuses; it opens you to exploration; it
initiates new life and enlivens current life. Your morning is brighter and your
coffee tastes better.
An interesting question is this. If I lose hope, how do I get it back? Losing hope has a cumulative effect. You can
lose it but often it comes back naturally, barring recurring misfortune. Faith
in yourself is crucial. However, each
time you lose hope, its return comes slower. How many times can I lose it, you
may ask? Personal strength is a factor.
Most of us can lose hope, temporarily, maybe six or ten times, and
recover. After that, recovery is problematic. Losing hope multiple times,
unlike many other misfortunes, often does not make one stronger.
Many common aphorisms refer to NOT losing hope by
way of setbacks.
- · Hang in there.
- · Don’t give up.
- · Tomorrow is another day.
- · Try, try, try again.
- · Have faith.
- · Pray.
- · Pick yourself up, dust
yourself off, and start all over again.
If you have an enemy, their most
potent attack against you would be to cause you to lose hope.
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