They say HOPE springs eternal…especially at the start of baseball season!!! 🙂 But, at times, for some, LIFE can be pretty overwhelming, and sometimes for long periods of time at that. You can lose sight of the future, even lose the ability to imagine a future, and end up dwelling in an idealized past while your present stands still and you go nowhere. You can lose the ability to feel much of anything when depression sets in and your view of the world is of a negative place without HOPE. Even worse, your view of yourself becomes so distorted that you no longer seem to be the person you’re certain you once were.
They also say that “while there’s LIFE there’s HOPE,” but I’ve often wondered if it shouldn’t instead be said that “where there’s HOPE there’s LIFE.” It’s a frightening thing to believe that there is no HOPE for your life. LIFE without HOPE is not living, it’s existing. However, if there’s HOPE, even just a little, the most difficult lives can be lived with some JOY. HOPE doesn’t just light the way; it IS the way. It doesn’t just light the tunnel; HOPE IS the light at the end of the tunnel.
Without HOPE there are no possibilities, but with HOPE, one can visualize untried futures. What was once completely out of reach comes close to you and says, “Give me a try!” There’s room to try, whereas before, there wasn’t room to move or breathe. You can drown in hopelessness; with HOPE, you can break the surface and breathe again. LIFE is restored.
Inventing My Universe 