I often question myself what are sources of hope, how to maintain it to a level that gives at least enough motivation for a person to enjoy and feel happy about living – not just breathing as time goes on.
Living experience and meeting different people has lead me to understand that there are different needs, wants, energies in people’s lives. Some are able to determine a future that s/he wants, set action and work towards it. Some are seemingly lost and living only mainly to react to what society has asked for.
For me, hope is one among many key motivations that make me feel life is meaningful. Without hope, an encouraging proportion in life is missing. There are two types of hope that I classify: hope that makes me feel happy with my daily life, and hope to get a goal that I want to reach after a certain period of time and action to get that goal. In order to reach the second hope, I need full level of the first hope. Without the first hope, I might be able to move on with life normally but it’s like a responsibility of life to myself while a joy part is missing.
When hope is obtaining at some points, it levels off – whether lost or gain. Lost of hope comes from making a wrong decision in a tempered situation or hurting someone unintentionally and not being able to compensate it at a later stage after realizing the mistakes. Furthermore, it also causes from not achieving a set goal – but here is a bit difference because an analysis about action plan towards goal has to check. Lost of hope is also from loosing good connection with close/good friends one by one – silence in friendship communication.
Gaining hope is when things that have wanted in life reach their points, good enough to generate another path of life at a next level. Some parts of hope can also gain through career success. Stable emotion does help to maintain hope level not to drop.
I am still looking for power of hope, how to gain it once lost, how to maintain it at a satisfactory level and even how to increase it.
Hope is one part of a happiness in life.
Da
