Hope is one of the most important emotions a person can have. Sometimes it truly is the only reason you can go on. Why is that? Is it necessary to believe beyond doubt that something good will happen when in all likelihood the worst is all there is? I suppose it's how the human psyche has evolved to deal with horrible situations and insinuations that you are about to meet a grizly end in the belly of some toothed beast.
Hope it seems to me, is blind. It takes no consideration to what's happening out there in the real world. Without hope i guess there'd be no reason for continuing, there'd be no forward momentum. Saying that, that's only assuming that if you didn't have hope, you'd reside in the other end of the spectrum, hopelessness. But why is that? Isn't there a state of non-hope that isn't hopelessness? A kind of 'blah' point if you get my drift.
Hope though is a hardy emotion, the ultimate silver lining. It's hard to wear down and can generally float in any kind of crap that you happen to be in. It can be bolstered, especially if alcohol is involved, it can even be passed along. It truly is the strongest feeling you'll ever feel. Without it though, you'd be nothing.
The point I'm trying to make is, that regardless of your circumstances, never give up, don't lose hope. For if you do, then it really doesn't matter if that grizzly end hits you or not. At the very least, even if you do succumb and all is lost, at least you know you didn't give up... ;-)
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ReplyDeleteAnyways, hope seems like a natural mechanism that relies on the minute probabilities that make the universe very interesting.
Take the toothed beast of grizzly ends for example. Logic dictates it eats you. Hope relies on the immensely small probabilities of a rock falling on it's head, lightning hitting it, menstrual cramps, whatever.
Hope is the manifestation of our minds taking these chances into account. Gamblers can be the most hopeful people (the ones who rarely win, not the sneaky cunning kind).
That's my logic behind hope and concludes this essay. Except I really don't believe in all of that. More like, don't want to :p.
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danial
Robert G. Ingersoll once said, "...I suppose it can be truthfully said that hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity." By saying this he meant that in most times hope isn't rational, meaning that reality rarely has anything to do with what your hoping for. In the gamblers case, he's made himself believe that he's moments away from his number being called, whereas in the case of he who is about to be ate, it's what stops him from totally giving up, for if he did he definitely would be supper... In truth its a Damoclean emotion that truly cuts both ways, too little of it and your toast, too much and your still a true-blue believer of Santa Claus...
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