A Life of Hope

Yesterday, I did a mini-musing on Instagram. Today, I want to follow-up with more thoughts.

Live a life full of hope,” I said.

People often equate positivity, optimism, etc. as the successful way to live, barring all negativity as the source of all unhappiness.

I disagree. Strongly.

Positivity, a positive lifestyle, however you want to describe it – is bupkis.

Light cannot exist without darkness, nor the reverse.

Darkness is not inherently evil. Negativity, thus, is merely a result of the existence of positivity just as evil exists as a result of goodness.

Trying to negate negativity from your life is like trying to say the sun rises in the West.

It’s futile.

The answer, I think, is hope.

Live a life of Hope.

I know I’ve said this before. It’s my “thing”, and I’m okay with that. I’ll always write to inspire hope.

Sometimes hope feels like a fleeting thing, abstract and unobtainable. We overcomplicate it, though. It really is just simple. As the illustrious poet Atticus writes,

Doubters are just dreamers with broken hearts.”

Whatever happens in life, don’t forget to dream.

It’s what makes us real. It’s what makes life worthwhile. It’s what makes us human.

Learn to dream again…and enjoy.