Hope...

Hope. What a powerful word. We all hope for something. Some may hope for love. While others hope they get to eat at night. Some may have hope in a guy, a bottle, or drugs. While others have hope in pain. My hope goes way deeper than that. I spent a great portion of my life hoping I would meet Mr. Right. I also hoped that one day I could be the daughter my parents wanted. The thing is, is that we all go and look and hope for something in our lives. Now my hope is that my marriage will be everything that God wants it to be. I hope that the people I have met will learn something from me. I also hope that I will leave a mark on this world. Let me stop for a minute and give you the definition of hope. Wikipedia stated that Hope is the state which promotes the belief in an outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Hope is the "feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best" or the act of "look[ing] forward to something with desire and reasonable confidence" or "feel[ing] that something desired may happen". Other definitions are "to cherish a desire with anticipation"; "to desire with expectation of obtainment"; or "to expect with confidence". Regardless of what someone says they do have hope. Hope like I said can be one thing to one person and the complete opposite to another. We spend our lives as children hoping for a better life. Let me say first of all your life is fine. Let me also say that your life is also what you make of it. Believe me I have been there. I spent a few years of my life masking my pain with alcohol and drugs. I also hoped my life would end at those moments. Then I sit there and look back what if I had gotten what I hoped and wished for then I wouldn't be where I am today and meeting the people that are now in my life. Hope is a word that needs to be used for our future. Please don't hope for something that will put you through a lot of heartache and stress. Make me a promise and hope for something that is going to make your life or future better.