Hope
Ive been going through my closets and drawers and cleaning out old stuff that I have had since elementary school…..ridiculous i know and its about time. Anyways I found this essay I wrote on Hope when I was a freshman in high school. Thought it was interesting….my brain/thoughts back then that is….check it out…
Hope
Hope…..what is that anyways? We hear it all the time, in songs, TV, friends, family. In relationships, sickness….and even death. Its every where we look, throughout the entire nation. Our very lives depend upon it whether your realize it or not. Hope is something we hang onto when we’ve reached the worst and most painful times of our lives. IT’s something that keeps us from living in fear, something that tells us things are gonna get better. Throughout our entire lifetime we hope. “I hope that guy really likes me,” or “I hope I get that job I so desperately need.” ” I hope mom and dad don’t get a divorce.” “I hope, no i pray dad doesn’t beat me again.” “I hope my best friend doesn’t die.” Webster’s definition says, hope is just a feeling that what is wanted, will happen. I think that hope is what gets up up int he morning, what helps us live each day. Hope lets us look forward to starting over completely refreshed. Hope builds confidence in others and ourselves. Hope gives us a reason to believe that there’s more to life than what this world has to offer. Can people really live without believing in something? We all have different values and morals that help shape and mold who we are. Without them we wouldn’t know what to turn to. Its just something to think about. Something to keep in mind when desperate times call for desperate measures. So I just want to ask this one question, what’s your reason for having hope?
At first when I read this I just laughed…..at myself. Its immature in some ways but at the same time its amazing to see how much ive grown in my thoughts and in my writing….
just thought id share….remember i wrote that in the 9th grade!
