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I find hope in sunrises and sunsets. The way their light falls on surfaces slowly brushing them towards morning or night colors, that moment of balance like the acrobat on the string just before the trick. You always know the trick will happen, the morning light will come, the peaceful night will spread, but that moment of balance is always full of hope.
Hope : the knowledge that there is always something more waiting for me..that I can push further and shape my world.
That in the end it's me and only me who permits me to smile, to laugh and hope...we are the masters of our universe - 
Pain is real so is suffering...grief...but not the duration..I recently decided to accept my situation and to finally permit me to enjoy life...
How while things are still difficult (no money , I did not chose to be here, many "dreams"  not fulfilled..Heart broken.. age (midlife crisis)...and so.on..) --? By unlearning all I have learned...by just finding joy in little things and stop thinking about how life should be - and just be..

By bing my own everything.
Hope is being thankful
Mountains are powerful..
Honestly the beauty surrounding me is breathtaking
By forgiving myself, I'll have hope...being able to change my perspective gives hope
Taking it easy.

And I'll finish with my own quote (written in 2008) 

"Excuse me day, 
I am just born ,
Like you
Safer each awakening"
 
 From Elena B.


I find hope in solidarity and empathy, when I see people caring for others and not only for themselves, when I see people fighting for their dreams and not compromising.

I find hope...


In love... which calms me, rests me, and makes me think about the beauty of people and the strength we have when we are together.


In art... which touches my soul, challenges me, moves me, motivates me, awakens me, soothes me, and makes me think that there are many of us who think and feel the same, that I am not alone.


In children... whose innocence, spontaneity, and selfless love fill the soul and give hope for change.
If having hope means that things will change for the better I generally don't have it. Sometimes I find it in being of service or helping and equally when receiving help and assistance. It feels like we are all in it together. Unfortunately most of the times I feel like that's not the case.
Hope for me is to be free, that I can express myself in any form, anytime, anywhere, being myself, being queer and sometimes fragile but self confident, I look in the mirror and am proud, that gives me hope, everyday.
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What gives me hope is the smile on the faces of my children, every day and night, the comfort of their warmth and knowing that that they are safe.

I always find hope (and comfort) in music, in art, in myself and in (+ around) passionate people.

Where do you find hope dear?
So difficult, as I've lost so much in recent years, including hope.
I guess hope is something that grows along with you,
something that passes or something that keeps reinventing itself.

Hope is love that you find in yourself and in something that gives you love back, this can be human love or love for making art, music, hope to be inspired.

Hope can also be not to have any worries, for me now, hope is to live without stress and anything that causes delay in desire.
 


I find hope in being grateful each day. Before bed, I write down 3 things I'm grateful for. Sometimes, I look back at these notes.

I don't think you can have hope if you don't have a plan in mind. To hope something will happen to you, you must want it first and work towards it. So for me that I don't actually have a plan or any particular dream, hope is linked with the possibility of today and tomorrow being a bit better and that's by definition difficult.

I find hope in being with the people that I loved most. When we have our family Sunday bbq, when I meet my friends and go for a walk, a drink or stay at home to chat for the matters that bother us, when I’m with my girlfriend, hang out together, going on road trips, even if its for just a few minutes, cooking together, even arguing about stupid things.
For me, what gives me hope is to be with good people, I can't be alone so much and so I need to find a good balance in work and my private time to see the people that I care for and to spend time with them and make new memories, make dinner together, surprise each other with things we like. As it has been quite a tough time for many of us, and it still is, we need to check in with one another more often. Hope is definately to be connected and stay connected with each other!
 

I always find hope in the greater picture. It’s in the realization that life moves according to the principles that are ungraspable for the human mind by design. Strangely, it gives me comfort and a sense of trust to focus only on one task I believe we have in this life form - to act out of the intention of love and in alignment with our spirit. Every time I follow this principle, I manage to find peace and growth in whatever caused me suffering in the past.

I find hope in warm friendship as well as in creativity!

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