What gives you hope?

DarthMol

DarthMol

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"To live without hope is to cease to live."
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~ Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist


"We can't live without hope."
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~ SJ Lopez Ph.D, Leading researcher on hope.


"...But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?"
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~ The Apostle Paul, Romans 8:24

So a bit of a deep question here but I encourage to to think about it and briefly share what gives you hope in life?

Without getting too preachy, my hope in life comes from my faith in Jesus and eternal life with God, that no matter what happens in this life my future is secure. But what also gives me hope is seeing the beauty and goodness that is in people, when they show compassion for others, when they give of themselves for the good of others and simply when people are friendly and open to me.
 
DarthMol said:
Without getting too preachy, my hope in life comes from my faith in Jesus and eternal life with God, that no matter what happens in this life my future is secure. But what also gives me hope is seeing the beauty and goodness that is in people, when they show compassion for others, when they give of themselves for the good of others and simply when people are friendly and open to me.
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This is really nice to see and thanks for sharing. Really great to see it expressed on the forums without fear of hate or discrimination. I completely feel the same way too. Far too much anger, hate and bad news in the media (but that's what sells). When you start to stay away from it you start to see the light. I don't read newspaper, watch/listen to the news and you starts seeing how much good there actually is in the world. THIS give me hope!

I also hope to become born again some day!

Amen!
 
BeoTeK said:
This is really nice to see and thanks for sharing. Really great to see it expressed on the forums without fear of hate or discrimination. I completely feel the same way too. Far too much anger, hate and bad news in the media (but that's what sells). When you start to stay away from it you start to see the light. I don't read newspaper, watch/listen to the news and you starts seeing how much good there actually is in the world. THIS give me hope!

I also hope to become born again some day!

Amen!
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I agree. Seeing people do something good for someone when they don't have to, that gives me hope. Also, seeing people succeed through hardships.
 
People give me hope, starting at this speck of the planet where I am surrounded by my wife and children, moving out to the people who live around us, the guy at the cafe always with a smile to the stranger on the web photographed doing what felt natural and the empathy it took to make it go viral. The connections and pathways that join us as a species, billions of synapses firing every millisecond and at some point all of them make contact, the rain falls on all of us.
 
Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." (These words gives me hope)

Got a new look on life this year - always been a believer and a scholar of the Bible but life sometimes puts you down and you do not always put the Word to action. There is a lot of inspiration to get from the Word. There has always been bad things in this world and many a time people, friends, sayings and your own subconscious believes that puts you down and tells you that what you want to achieve is not possible. I now going to give it my best to put the words to action: Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." and chase my dream:

I always wanted to write a novel or a screenplay - find it exciting but the thinking has always been - Why even try. It will just be a waste of time and will amount to nothing and even if I should write for fun, it will never be my life and I will always just live a mediocre life and it is fine.

This year I started writing my first screenplay and aim to finish it and change my mindset as mentioned above. I believe that whatever your dream (everyone of us) it is possible and worth chasing. No matter the negative feedback you receive. Joseph was called a dreamer and I hope to dream again. Therefore hope and hope in the future brings a smile to my face. Should I fail, I will try harder next time. :-)

Here is to a fantastic future and chasing dreams for all. :-)
 
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satanboy said:
religious hope is a waste of time
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I am atheist but have seen first hand how the placebo of theism has done good for for the individual as well as the community.

Not counting extremism of course but that is a human flaw.

I don't think that this thread should be derailed as it is a great topic so this is the last I'll discuss that here.
 
satanboy said:
religious hope is a waste of time
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Don't agree, it's your subnective view.

Edelweiss said:
Bleak thread and really not appropriate for the forum...
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Not at all, it's quite inspiring. Let's just keep it civil...

AstroTurf said:
I am atheist but have seen first hand how the placebo of theism has done good for for the individual as well as the community.

Not counting extremism of course but that is a human flaw.

I don't think that this thread should be derailed as it is a great topic so this is the last I'll discuss that here.
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...like Mr Fake Grass here is doing at the moment. I applaud you, sir, for your openmindedness regarding theism and religious belief. Good to see MyBB and PD hasn't eradicated all empathy from you heart. :)

Myself, I subscribe to the same belief system as most in this thread has already admitted to. This past year I've tried to keep up hope, but quite often I have felt all hope is lost and I don't see any way out anymore. I've tried to console myself in my religious beliefs, but due to my removal of church and all related activities, I've found it difficult to "keep uo the faith".

I've been through an extremely rough 18 months, with nigh-on financial ruine, loss of a family member and pet (both due to unnatural causes), extreme mental and emotional abuse from client and high levels of stress attributed to managing an 11-strong company.

Today I joined my wife to church for the first time in 9 months. I'll be honest and say it felt good. We received a message of, guess what, HOPE for the dire straits our country is going through and the lessons we learned can easily be applied by people from all walks of life.

The most important topic was being an agent of CHANGE. Months ago I motivated my team at work to "be the change", so this was pretty much in line with my own point of view. If we want to see positive change, we have to be the catalysts thereof. If we want to see hope for a better future transpire in our families, friends, communities and country we have to start with ourselves.

So, in a nutshell: my personal beliefs, my wife and close friends are what give me hope. If I can see the positive effect those have on me, I believe there might just be hope for human kind. :)
 
satanboy said:
religious hope is a waste of time
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Appropriate username. :p

mk786 said:
Knowing that whatever happens, only happens by the will of god.
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Whenever I hear this, well there's always a rebuttal I'd like to give, but it seems too offensive and definitely doesn't fit with the theme of this thread.

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In general though, I don't understand why you need hope. There's no war going on here, there isn't a massive conflict that's currently displacing people or anything like that. The media reports about the worst because that's what gets the views. The good news doesn't. Most people don't care about the petty racist rubbish that's being reported daily. They want to go to work, put food on the table, and look after their loved ones (wife, children, pets whatever). Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and all that. You don't need hope to do that.

So yeah... I still don't understand the purpose of this thread. Perhaps if should be re-named: "What makes you happy?" Then we could get some positive responses, instead of the quite depressing ones that are in here.
 
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I don't need an external source of "hope". For me its kinda an internalised assumption I guess. A little like this House quote:

Cuddy: "How is it that you always assume you're right?
House: "I don't, I just find it hard to operate on the opposite assumption.
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I guess what gives me hope is different from everyone else's. I live in the hope that I will eventually work for myself while still earning a good salary. I've been working towards it slowly but surely. It's my dream and it's what gives me hope.
 
Solitude said:
I guess what gives me hope is different from everyone else's. I live in the hope that I will eventually work for myself while still earning a good salary. I've been working towards it slowly but surely. It's my dream and it's what gives me hope.
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That situation was forced a bit on me, except the still earning a good salary bit. I also have a dream of building an uber automation / integration solution and I'm starting on it in April. Right now I'm building a fairly small system for a very lucrative market that will provide some nice passive income. From just 2 clients we can double our income and (technically) not be dependent on placing resources at clients anymore.

...maybe then you'll think of joining the team. ;)
 
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