Hope

I've heard the adage "hope springs eternal" and I've even used it upon occasion. There have been times in my life when I've wished that hope would just die. I believe that hope, like faith, is a way to view life and a choice I make. I hope for better things to come. I hope. 


Tonight, as I walked home from work and drinks with a friend, I realized that I still hope, regardless of what I see with my eyes or hear with my ears. I hope. I walk down my street and I hope I'll see you. I wake up each morning and hope that work will be less stressful. I look at the world happening around me and I hope that things will get better. I hope.


I am grateful for hope. I am thankful that my personality doesn't give up so easily. Sometimes I wish, for one moment, that my heart would stop wanting, wishing, hoping. Yet, without hope, without faith, I would not be the person I am today, this person who loves and dreams and tries and wants and hopes. 


I do hope.