Dude, I'm gonna level with you as someone who works at a suicide hotline, the world is a shitty, shitty place and that means seeing a good future is close to impossible sometimes. Hope is a choice more than a feeling. You're not always going to see that light at the end of the tunnel, and that's okay. It's unreasonable, with everything going on in the world, and with everything going on with your own life, to expect you to feel like it's going to be okay. But you can know, logically, that there are actionable steps you can take toward things getting better, and you're going to trust that that light's there anyway and keep pushing towards it. The world is a shitty place, but it only gets worse when good people give up. You keep hope alive by not giving up, you keep hope alive by trusting there are people who are still fighting too. And that's a skill, you know? Finding a way to grit your teeth and put your faith in yourself and others isn't easy, but I promise it'll get easier with time and practice.
There's a rec going around this morning about hope as a discipline, and I think that it captures quite a bit of what I'm trying to say here, but what it doesn't capture is that it's hard and it sucks a lot of the time. Maintaining hope is hard, and you should be proud of yourself for trying.
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I know exactly who needs this, I know what’s wrong, I know what you’re running from. I know what you won’t tell anyone, not even yourself. I know why you act the way you do. I know it’s hard to process, I know it’s been getting tougher to go on each day, but just remember that you’re here for a reason. If the good Lord above wanted you dead or didn’t give a fuck, you’d already be in a six-foot ditch by now. You’ve gotten so much further than most people in your position would’ve by now.
Don’t let the horrid shit from the past, all the failures, all the heartbreaks, all the darkness, all the crash outs be those things that define you. You’re so much more than that, and eventually the world’s gonna realize just how far you’ve come and how much you’ve changed and how beautiful you really are.
In summary, don’t let all the bullshit kill you.
You just gotta keep going.
Feb 21, 2025
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On a scientific level :
The chance of you being you (your unique genetic makeup) from just one conception is estimated at 1 in 70 trillion, which is translated to 0.0000000000014286%.
This information by itself gives me hope that I was put on this earth for something BIG (for me).
On a religious level (a side of myself that i keep to me only because it's my personal spiritual journey) :
In my religion, they say before we get born, God shows us our whole path in this life and we chose to either accept it and live it as seen or not, so for me honestly this information gives me hope on a daily basis, to know that i chose this life with all its bad and good moments means i saw something that i will eventually be thankful for.
On a day to day level :
Humans do give me hope in different shapes :
- Watching people being with animals is hope
- Watching parents being gentle with their babies is hope
- Watching people work hard to rescue animals is hope
- To see people manifest for a human cause in public is hope
- The warm sunlight is hope
- Working Hard thinking about the future is hope
- Doctors who volunteer in rural areas is hope
With the right mindset i think everything can be and is HOPE, even the sad parts like crying to sleep over something, because if you think about it the fact that you care that much to the point it makes you sad is a form of hope because you have feelings.
Jan 14, 2025
found this thru a john green tiktok. he explained it like hope is a constant and something we may lose contact with at times, but it’s also readily available to us when we’re ready to access it again.
I echo a lot of what other ppl said already. i use a lot of that stuff myself but i’ll add this and leave you with something new i’m trying. I 💖 catastrophizing and my therapist (smartest person alive) recommended I start a “what could go right list” and when I write it I focus on specific things i’ve done to make something go right. it helps me feel like I have my shit together and things will work out even when everything feels bad.
Jun 22, 2025
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