Carolina, I find the word "hope" is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it gives us reason to be optimistic; on the other, it can lead to despair when not realized. I recently read the book "Necessary Endings" by Dr. Henry Cloud, which talks about "hopelessness." He says that at some point, it's reasonable to embrace a hopeless attitude when we know something isn't going to work out as we had hoped. That spurs us to take a different course of action.
Thank you for commenting, Paul. I can see that. I think staying "hopeless" is always the strongest choice because then we stay open to whatever happens, which may surprise us because we didn't know how much we needed it. I want to read that book, thanks for the reference.
Carolina, I find the word "hope" is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it gives us reason to be optimistic; on the other, it can lead to despair when not realized. I recently read the book "Necessary Endings" by Dr. Henry Cloud, which talks about "hopelessness." He says that at some point, it's reasonable to embrace a hopeless attitude when we know something isn't going to work out as we had hoped. That spurs us to take a different course of action.
Thank you for commenting, Paul. I can see that. I think staying "hopeless" is always the strongest choice because then we stay open to whatever happens, which may surprise us because we didn't know how much we needed it. I want to read that book, thanks for the reference.