The Definition of Hope

What is hope? It does not have any shape, no color, nơ smell or any sign for its presence. No one even knows if it is real or not. People just created it and and gave it a name. Still, I can give you some hints to know when someone has hope. That old man over there, who keeps on changing his pace of walking, can’t wait to go home to reunite with his lovely family. The red hair girl at the corner, who has to work even on holidays, still dreams on what her pay check can do for already old her mother. That nervous student running across the road, despite being late for class, secretly wishes that his professor is absent today.

Hope has no forms or types, but it comes in all kinds you can ever imagined. Everyone hopes. From the most practical, realistic thing to the most impossible, difficult wishes ever. The five-year old girl playing with dolls would not be hesitated to say she hoped to be a princess with her prince charming. That homeless man sitting under the shelter of a restaurant would hope for a warm house with enough food until the end of his life. Or the sorrow boy over there would say right away he hopes he dad would be alive again so he can say a simple “Thank you”.

But the worst of all is having no hope at all. Someone who has no hope would have no expression on his face. His life would be repetitive days circling around and around as usual. Having no hope in life is the same as not being alive at all. You are just living through days not knowing what to do and what to expect. Needless to say it is very sad, very sad.

So that is why people hope. It is something that no one can ever forbid or limit you to do. It is also a motivation for your life, a reason of you living in this huge world. Hoping is a thing, actually get down to working your dream is another. So why don’t you start hoping now and making a plan to achieve it? I hope you can all make it to your destination.