Hope

All too often it's easy to lose hope. It's easy to let ourselves lose sight of the light at the end of the tunnel. I've been at the point where I was in the dark many times but I always make my best effort to tell myself that I will persevere and that no matter how glum things look, my story isn't over. Hope is what gives us the strength to press forward in a world that, at times, seems dead set on keeping us down. Hope is the inner drive we all have that retains the sense of purpose that will lead us all to make something out of the life that we have been given. One thing I always tell myself to keep hope alive is that each day is a new opportunity, a new chance to pursue a new goal, a new chance to achieve a new accomplishment that I can cherish and be proud of. At times it is easy to fool ourselves into thinking that it's just naïve to think that way, to beat ourselves up and lose that drive, but we must never allow ourselves to remain in that state. We will live on, we will persevere, we will grow, and we will become masters of our own destiny.