Sometimes, life feels like a tricky trek through a field of mud. Sometimes, it's a merry dance through a meadow. What makes the difference? It's not money, as many a miserable millionaire will testify. It's not love. That's fine when romance is new, grim when a bond is subject to stress. It's the existence of hope that makes us want to celebrate... and the apparent absence of it that creates despair.
"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good." Václav Havel
"Where there is great love, there are always wishes." Willa Cather