Definition Essay On Hope

What is hope? Is it just an imaginative word we put faith in? Hope could be a word that sparks possibility in a person's eyes, but does that make it real? Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. It’s a word a lot of people believe in, just to carry them through their own situations. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for something to happen. A young woman who's struggling to get her life together, and is on her last strength will believe in hope. Hope to this woman is everything; she may have faith that her religion will save her, but can it? When you're a strong woman facing turmoil like being a single mother, dealing with abuse, or even just fighting your own insecurities you lean on the possibility of hope, but what will reality choose? Therefore hope is supposed to clear your mind of the negative thoughts and input positive thoughts to make you feel like you can

overcome your barriers.
Hope and faith are in the same family. Faith is complete confidence in something or someone. I have a cousin who lost her life due to cancer;she was battling this for about five years. Every time I saw her, I could see pain in her eyes, but when she spoke she had hope that she could fight this. It was very persuasive even for me because I believed her by the passion she spoke, she made me feel hope. When her test results came back, it was evident the treatments she was receiving weren't working. There's a point where you have to face reality and just accept whats going to happen. My cousin accepted that maybe she won't win her fight with her cancer , she was tired and just wanted enjoy what was left of her life. Once she stopped taking her medicine, she felt less tired and was up to walking around and exploring different things she wasn't able to before. Realizing through her struggle that maybe she didn't give up hope, maybe hope helped her accept her situation. Acceptance is another form of owning your situations in a positive way. Her acceptance in hope didn't kill her , but enjoying what was left of her situation kept her alive longer.
People go through so much in there lives and it comes to a point where you have hope just to get you through your situation.

As a person who's been through hell and back with her own situations, hope is something I never turned to. Feeling secure within yourself will give you the real confidence that you need. Dealing with my own insecurities in high school, it led to me putting these boys I was messing with in front of my family. I went through a moment where I just wanted attention all the time from guys, so I was stealing from my family, I was sneaking them in the house, and when everything came to a blow my parents had to make a decision. That decision was to have me leave the house, and when I was told that I my heart broke. When I was going through those issues, I didn't look to hope, but I strove for forgiveness. Hope can lead you to accept your situation, but forgiveness was my goal.
Prayer, belief, faith all words to help sooth are mind; as calming as they are they are also words to help you accept your own

situation