The Glass Is Half Full

Hope is dangerous, and can be misunderstood so easily. It’s such an abused word, because so often it’s placed in the wrong context for situations. Hope is not about some blind, naïve shot in the dark towards every little thing in life when all odds go against it. Rather, hope is about trusting that bad situations will get better; it’s about trusting that the impossible can happen with faith. But if that faith is put in the wrong thing or person, the hope could die because of a lack of correct perception on the situation — or a setup for disappointment. Hope is dangerous.

But hope is something that I will always strive for, because there is a reason to smile. A lot of times people tend to think more about the fact that there is a lot of bad in the world, instead thinking on terms of how much good still exists. Your perspective means everything. The misguidance could lead you down the wrong direction, so when things get really tough, it’s best to take a big breath of fresh air and place everything you have in this small virtue called “hope.” It is dangerous, yes, but it gives you a feeling of assurance, something that nothing else does. The glass is half full, and soon enough you’ll find it was worth it, because there would’ve been more regret had you not made the decision to hope, more regret than you know…

So many people think that life just goes on and on and nothing good ever happens, and it never does — because you never expect it. The best things in this life can happen if you long for hope.

Another thing people tend to believe is that optimism is for someone with their head in the clouds, for a daydreamer who is choosing to have faith just because he/she thinks it’s a matter of idealism rather than reality. Hope is about something more, something beyond all of us, something you can’t have enough of. One day it will pay off though. There’s a place on His throne for those who put faith in hope. So, I say all this to say, there is Hope, and His name is Jesus Christ.