“Hope” has to be the most scurrilous, least understood word in the English language. Why? Because if your only recourse is to “hope” for a specific outcome, then by definition that means you have no actual control over the situation facing you. You are effectively powerless and left to pitifully “hope” for a result that you exercise zero control over. As a result…..how can a feeble state of affairs like that leave anyone feeling good about their prospects? And how then can the word “hope” be seen as anything other than an unsold lottery ticket? The correct answer: It cannot. Hope is toothless; hope is meaningless; hope is a useless blank in a chamber otherwise loaded with live rounds.
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