A question came to mind regarding hope.

This really interested me! Thanks for posting. I wonder if "hope" helps a person physically or maybe that hope is based on things being somewhat ok. What is your opinion? Do you feel we should focus more on being hopeful?

This really interested me! Thanks for posting. I wonder if "hope" helps a person physically or maybe that hope is based on things being somewhat ok. What is your opinion? Do you feel we should focus more on being hopeful?

I would like to add to this conversation what I learned about hope. My parents were holocaust survivors and they spent five years as prisoners of war. The circumstances they were put through doesn’t bear mentioning but the wisdom they learned from their plight was profound. My mom spoke more about it than my dad and she taught me so much about human nature, what she said was you couldn’t survive very long without hope, it was all they had to hold onto…she even added that those who gave up on hope were gone within days. I realize that I am using a horrible event to make my point but no matter how you look at it she spoke the truth about survival. We have something in common with her, we’re fighting battles of our own in survival so it does apply. On a final note she always said don’t take yourself too seriously and NEVER lose your sense of humour

From personal experience, I am now 80 years old. I was raised by a single mother, one of four, I was the only boy. Mother was born in 1922 with an eighth grade education. I remember “hard-times”, including not having electricity or running water, and having little or no food. Interestingly, just this morning I was thinking of the word “clabber” , because that was one of the foods we ate when there was nothing else. I promise you hope was all we had and it was enough. Our “hope” was in the Lord Jesus Christ.

I'm glad you responded well to this article.
I'm a sort of pessimist and maybe not the person to ask about hope.
It's a conversation that could go on for hours, Maybe not perfect for this platform.
In some ways I believe in hope very strongly, In some people I think it can extend their lives.
My thought experiment is sort of wondering does the opposite hold true... I do enjoy this website and thanks for your response

I would like to add to this conversation what I learned about hope. My parents were holocaust survivors and they spent five years as prisoners of war. The circumstances they were put through doesn’t bear mentioning but the wisdom they learned from their plight was profound. My mom spoke more about it than my dad and she taught me so much about human nature, what she said was you couldn’t survive very long without hope, it was all they had to hold onto…she even added that those who gave up on hope were gone within days. I realize that I am using a horrible event to make my point but no matter how you look at it she spoke the truth about survival. We have something in common with her, we’re fighting battles of our own in survival so it does apply. On a final note she always said don’t take yourself too seriously and NEVER lose your sense of humour

From personal experience, I am now 80 years old. I was raised by a single mother, one of four, I was the only boy. Mother was born in 1922 with an eighth grade education. I remember “hard-times”, including not having electricity or running water, and having little or no food. Interestingly, just this morning I was thinking of the word “clabber” , because that was one of the foods we ate when there was nothing else. I promise you hope was all we had and it was enough. Our “hope” was in the Lord Jesus Christ.

This really interested me! Thanks for posting. I wonder if "hope" helps a person physically or maybe that hope is based on things being somewhat ok. What is your opinion? Do you feel we should focus more on being hopeful?