It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Optimism is the opium of the people.
Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.
Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.
Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations.
I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.
The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription.
We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.
The point about hope is that it is something that occurs in very dark moments. It is like a flame in the darkness; it isn't like a confidence and a promise.