“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

– Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist
 

As someone once observed, hope floats.  More to the point, hope allows us to rise above the moment and remain positive and optimistic in the presence of adversity and opposition. Hope focuses our attention upon a brighter tomorrow and influences how we feel in the moment. Similar to optimism, hope creates a positive expectation of good things to come.

Hope is a form of future-pacing, meaning it places us mentally in a future time and place where our goals can be realized and happiness is possible. When we are filled with hope, we have little room for despair – we are lifted out of depression and our outlook improves.

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