hope.

~the worst thing you could ever lose is hope~

i read that somewhere. a couple of years ago. back in college.

but then again, i don't get it. why do we hope?

is it supposed to be some form of motivation?
not really. that's desire, want, need, etcetera etcetera.. but not hope.

is it supposed to be some sort of consolation?
perhaps. something to make you believe that things will and can be better (well it is usually positive, right?). something to look forward to.

whether you like it or not, i guess in one way or another, hope becomes something you believe in. i mean, when you hope, you believe. even when there aren't any proof or evidence or whatever, you still believe. just because you hope.

(am i making sense?)

what happens when things turn out the opposite way?
you hope it will eventually change.

what happens when everything just shows that things will never be the way you want them to be?
you hope you're wrong.

what happens when there is no hope?
you hope for a miracle.

what happens when your hope goes down the drain?
you still hope!

why? why? why?

we just can't live without hoping, can we? no matter how many times you fall, you'd still have some hope, or at least hope there's hope. no matter how little.

and you fall again. and you slowly stand up and build hope again, or people around you start giving you hope. then you fall. again. and start hoping it doesn't happen again. but guess what, it does.

foolish, aren't we?

wouldn't it be easier if we don't hope? having no expectations. never having to risk being disappointed. how do we do that? how do we stop being a fool?











the worst thing you could ever lose is hope???
i say the worst thing you could never lose is hope.


i don't see a chance. i don't see a ray of hope. i see only darkness.
why am i still standing here hoping?