I think that the word "hope" is in fact a very negative word, what do you think?

[Anonymous]

Hope is used in a positive way most of the time... I feel that it is very deceptive, and that deception is part of its evil. Hope has never done anything for anyone, and anytime anyone gives power to hope, they are belittling the true source of positivity.

When someoen says I hope I pass this test, they shouldn't mean it, they should have studied and been confident in their skills.... no matter how much you "hope" to pass, won't change your skill level.

What do you think? Can you remember a time where hope itself has ever done anything for you?

[muspelhem_5]

Luck is a pretty massive factor in life, whatever we tell ourselves. That giant foot that comes down from the heavens in Monty Python is very real.

Hope is hoping that luck will be on your side. It might be pointless, but if optimism is being confident you will pass because you revised, hope is hoping a truck won't run you down on the way to school.

[Ferretman21]

When Sam and I were in Mordor, hope was the only thing that kept us alive...

That and a bitch ass shank.

[Azara]

I honest always saw it as being pathetic. I never use it in a serious way. If you want something then go make an effort and if you have no control over it well hoping doesn't change the outcome and it just leaves you wasting time wishing.

This is different than being optimistic which is healthy confidence and not baseless.

[Asker]

100% agree.

[UberTroll]

I disagree, I think hope is a very positive thing. It gives you the strength to keep pushing forward and stay positive. What's negative is not being able to handle setbacks or learn from your mistakes when things don't turn out the way you hope.

[Asker]

So, this is trolling right?

[UberTroll]

No, this is honesty.

[miserybusiness]

Heyhey no, that was my favourite Digimon crest!
https://www.kibouu.net/takeru/images/hope4.jpg

[Asker]

Lol, nice one :)

[lumos]

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[Asker]

Lol. I am not sure exactly the metaphor you were trying to create here but it is funny anyway.

[LondonElle]

Hope can be used to describe two very different situations. But the word itself doesn't imply any negativity.

[Asker]

No, just its real life consequences lol

[LondonElle]

Explain please.

[Asker]

Hope has never produced any positive results in real life, only negative ones. Positive results are created by productivity, determination, hardwork, etc. Hope in itself does absolutely nothing but create a false sense of positivity.

[LondonElle]

If I am pregnant and I hope I have a boy and I do what is that? How did the outcome be what I desired without any hard work, productivity or determination?

[Asker]

I call that coincidence...

[Asker]

In other words, hope didn't produce the boy...

[LondonElle]

It doesn't matter if it helped produce what I desire, the fact remained that I hoped for something that would be a positive for me and it did. Hope can result in a positive or negative outcome, but the actual word itself doesn't refer to either, it refers to a want or feeling of an expectation that's why it's a noun.

[LondonElle]

Change my answer, hope refers to the positive. Just going with the definition itself.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hope

[LondonElle]

Full Definition of HOPE

1
archaic : trust, reliance
2
a : desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment

[LondonElle]

Full Definition of HOPE
1
archaic : trust, reliance
2
a : desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment

[ArabianPwincess197]

Everyone has different perspectives. I associate "hope" with "positivity". When you lose everything, when you are about to give up - its "hope" that helps you move on, take the next step, not give up

[elman123]

lol i always say i hope i do well on test after i finished the test but when i get the result back, i either failed or didn't get what i hoped for, so "hope" hasn't done to me so far in life

[PlayboyRJ]

Well hope is only thing that guarantees success... bcoz It's the only thing that stops you from giving up after failure

[Asker]

What... how could hope possibly guarantee ANYTHING?

[PlayboyRJ]

Well you can only win if u try... you can't win without trying... and 'hope' stops you from giving up and makes you keep trying

[RasmusAiken]

Hope has kept my outlook positive when nothing else could.

[Asker]

Hope in what? And how did hope make those things come to fruition?

[RasmusAiken]

My hope is found in faith in God. It's not about things coming to fruition. Hope has not so much to do with my goals achievements or my destination. Rather it's all about the way I roll. It's my belief that wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, wherever I'm bound God has my back and whatever the outcome I can rejoice in it.

[Asker]

Oh...

That reminds me of a story about a man who saw his son drowning in the river, instead of doing something about it, he got on his knees and prayed.. hoping that God would save his child. Needless to say, the child died. There is no God, hope does nothing, and you are blinded by its deceptive qualities.

[RasmusAiken]

"There is no God, hope does nothing, and you are blinded by its deceptive qualities." Sorry you feel that way.
Faith and hope and God all give me a sense of security that in spite of all the evil in the world, in the end it will all be set right and I'll be there to celebrate. Before I had faith I struggled along on the emotional equivalent of a Razor Scooter. I consider my present ride to be like a Boeing Dreamliner. And could it be just that - a dream? I suppose. But I'm so enjoying the ride.

[Asker]

It doesn't bug you that it is a false sense of security that has no actual power?

[RasmusAiken]

I only concede that "it is (possibly) a false sense of security that (possibly) has no actual power" Of course I would rather be CERTAIN but then I would be unable to demonstrate FAITH which relies on uncertainty for its very existence. God requires faith. Nearly everyone would believe if God made himself discoverable by logic alone.

[smokahontas]

I think it is one of the best things you could possibly obtain but it can also be the worst.

[Asker]

When has hope does something good for you?

[smokahontas]

I was hoping for days that I didn't have a serious disease in my liver and I didn't!

[Asker]

But hope didn't have anything to do with overcoming that...

[smokahontas]

Yeah I know but it was still there.

[Anonymous]

“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope”

Sometimes it is just a figure of speach," i hope i pass my exam", it could just mean they are nervous and hope their nerves don't get the better of them. People often say , " i hope you feel better tomorrow",

[Asker]

I had hope once in my life, and I regret it. I've lived happily otherwise... Your quote isn't substantiated by anything. Pretty words, but empty ones.

[Anonymous]

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me."

It's the only thing keeping you from falling into despair sometimes.

[Opinion Owner]

Emily Dickinson's poem.

[Asker]

nice poem, but that is exactly what I am talking about, it belittles the true source of positivity and claims it was hope, when it really isn't. This is just a poem.

[Opinion Owner]

Which true source of positivity? There are situations where skill, and power and control over a situation, aren't possible. It's less painful living if you have hope.

[Asker]

I think that is where its deception lies. In the end, it does nothing for you, just prolongs your misery, if hope is all you have that is. If there is anything more, hope shows how ugly it really is again.

[Alexzktra]

I try to make sure I feel as hopeless as possible.

[Asker]

Lol, I feel there is a difference between not having hope, and being hopeless, ya feel me?

[Alexzktra]

No.. I don't understand..

[Draknorthedark]

I believe the same as well.