Obama wrote a book with the title of this post, but alas, I have not read it (although it is sitting on my bedside shelves). But seeing it often has started me thinking... is hoping audacious?
audacious (adj.) - intrepidly daring, recklessly bold; marked by originality and verve
I hope. Today, I hoped that my professor will be compassionate and let me make-up my quiz. I hope that our FHE tonight will be fun. I hope that Kurt and I will last. Is hoping foolish? Is hoping something nobody else does? Is hoping painful? Is hope good or bad?
I always thought you should hope. Sometimes what you hope for doesn't happen, but doesn't hope make you feel happy inside? You're looking forward to something. You can imagine the outcome. You're believing in the best in people.
Which maybe is why Obama said it was audacious. In the world today, I can see that people don't believe in the goodness of humanity anymore. That maybe people are born evil, with no good or righteous tendencies. I'm better than everyone else, or I can only trust myself, so I'll treat everyone around me like crap. Maybe it's harder to believe that people are good. It takes work. It's easy to hate everyone around you; but to believe in people, to hope in their goodness and Christlike gifts; that's hard, especially when they themselves don't.
I'd like to keep daring. I'd like to keep being intrepid. If I must be bold, let me do it when I hope. Because I think the happiness of hope outweighs any feelings of failure.
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