The Curse of Hope
As I said in a previous post , I recently returned from 11 days in Alabama. Now that I have had significant time to reflect on that experience, allow me to share some of my thoughts on the trip and the indelible impression it has left on me. ONE: The more desperate we are, the more we tend to lean on hope. When sentences start with "I hope ..." rational thought takes a back seat to chance and irrational ideals. It's a suckers game, and rarely does hope work for the betterment of those who hope. Hope goes hand in hand with faith. It relies too heavily upon someone or something else, and that has no place in the needs and desires that we all have. If you have hope and faith, you will almost certainly be disappointed. As it turned out, I cannot depend on hope, because hope relies on someone or something else. I read that somewhere. I will leave that between me and the one on whom my hope rested. TWO: Would this be the eventual home i...