Hope Hope
Posted on Saturday, August 29th, 2009 at 7:31 amDoes it do any good to keep on hoping against hope?
Or is it simply a waste of time and energy? Can hoping a lost love will come back be a mere source of suffering and prevent you from going on?
I think there are two parts to this question. One part is the question of hoping against hope. The other part is about moving on when someone you care about has decided to leave.
As far as hope goes, hope is what keeps us going when there's no real reason to keep going. It is hope for a better future that enables humans to endure the difficulty of today. It is hope - the belief that tomorrow, despite the circumstances, can be better than today that gives people the strength to keep trying when every rational indication says to quit. And this willingness to keep working, to keep trying, to keep struggling to make that dream come true is often what makes those dreams come true. _Real_ hope has legs - it isn't sitting somewhere dreaming that things will change; it is something you draw strength from that gives you the energy to _work_ for that change. If you're "hoping" for something, but aren't doing anything to make that thing happen, that isn't really a hope - that's wishful thinking.
For the second part - the lost love - take some time to think about it. Is this a hope or wishful thinking? Are you actively doing what you can to "win" your love back? Are you willing to do whatever it takes to get that person back? Even if it means changing who you really are? Even if it means working forever to make it happen? If you are, then it's not a waste. BUT!!!
Ask yourself - is it worth it? Is it worth changing who you really are, changing yourself, giving up your own happiness, for this person? Would it be a love worth it if you had to stop being you in order to win that love back?
Love that is worth it is a love that accepts us for who we are.
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