Article March 5, 2001 Issue

Hope coming home

Do you feel that what you want is possible?

Caryl Emra-Farkas

'Ever since I lost hope, I feel much better!" That was what a bumper sticker said. It was on the car in front of me at a traffic light.

I felt a slow smile spread over my face. Losing hope that has been misplaced can actually be a relief. It can help you clarify what you really want. What you place your hope in shows who you are, what you value, and what you desire for the future. Sometimes it may seem that affirming hope, "the feeling that what is desired is also possible," only sets you up for a fall. Maybe it would be better to put aside such feelings and save yourself from disillusionment.

Yet, this expectation of good rises naturally in us. And it doesn't come hand in hand with loss and disappointment.

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