Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.

Barbara Kingsolver
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Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning. Hope is not something you can rely on. It's fragile. One thing that is true about hope is that it can be used as an option, an escape route from the messiness of life. When things are bad, you can turn to hope for comfort and release.

And when things are wonderful, hope can keep you afloat by giving you something more than all the other stuff in the world would give you. Hope is more than just a word, but it also has different meanings based on context. Hope can either mean expectation or wishful thinking. A person who wishes something into existence will always look back with regret that he/she didn't put more effort into making his/her wish come true.

By contrast, someone who has realistic expectations of what life will bring will be more satisfied with their lives even if they don't achieve everything they hoped for.

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