Graphic Definition of Hope

Hope n. Expectation and desire for a thing to occur.
Olde meaning: a feeling of trust
v. want something to be

Hope shines brightly in the darkest of times, guiding us towards a brighter tomorrow. It whispers of possibilities and fuels our resilience in the face of adversity. With hope as our companion, we navigate life's challenges with courage and optimism, knowing that better days lie ahead.

Hope is one of the Fruits of the Spirit, and is the first perch to rest upon outside of despair, yet it spans the range from wishful thinking to knowing that it's already done. Its presence is a good sign with powerful magical potential in every arena because Mind is the builder. Turn hope into certainty. Faith is also a Fruit of the Spirit and these Fruits are the personal application of The Universal Laws.

"I'm open to..."

...Advancement, Aid, My Aim, Ambition, Anticipation, Aspiration, Assuredness, Attraction, Belief, Boost, The Bright side, Buoyancy, Certainty, Certitude, Comfort, Conceivability, Confidence, Conjecture, Constancy, Conviction, My Dearest wish, Desiderata, Desideratum, Desire, Direction, My Dream, Drive, Encouragement, Enthusiasm, Envisagement, Expectancy, Expectation, Faith, Faithfulness, Fancy, Forecast, Foreseeability, Fortitude, My Future, Gain, My Goal, Goodness, Helpfulness, Hopefulness, Inspiration, Intent, Intention, Interdependence, Invigoration, Kindness, Likelihood, Love, Loyalty, Objectives, Opportunity, Optimism, Outlook, Paradise, Plans, Possibility, Possibleness, Potential, Potentiality, Prediction, Presumption, Prevision, Probability, Promise, Prospect, Purpose, Pursuit, Quality, Reinforcement, Reliance, Rosiness, Sanguineness, Sanguinity, Security, Speculation, Succor, Support, Supposition, Sureness, Surety, Thinkableness, Trust, Upwardness, Utopia, Vision, My Wants, Whole-spiritedness, My Wishes, Yen.

Quote

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul,
and sings the tune without the words,
and never stops at all."

- Emily Dickinson, c. 1861

Fun Fact

Psychologists studying recovery from setbacks found that people who could name even one small, concrete source of hope - not optimism, just a specific "reason to keep going" - showed measurably faster cognitive rebound, as if the act of identifying hope itself steadied the mind.

It Could Be Verse

Hope rises in small ways we barely mark at first,
A quiet steadiness that softens what felt worst.
It shows in simple acts that hold the day in place,
A stubborn, grounded force that will not leave its space.