What is HOPE?
hope
noun
1. a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.
"he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information"
Similar: aspiration, desire, wish, expectation, ambition, aim, plan, dream, daydream, pipe dream, longing, yearning, craving, hankering
2. ARCHAIC - a feeling of trust.
"our private friendship, upon hope and affiance whereof, I presume to be your petitioner"
verb
want something to happen or be the case.
"he's hoping for an offer of compensation"
Similar: expect, anticipate, look for, wait for, be hopeful of
HOPE for me is “Confident Expectation” in the now (present) and future.
Why HOPE is Necessary
HOPE is necessary for motivation.
Hope is a confident expectation of a better outcome.
Hope gives something to aim for - a target or destination not reached yet.
Hope gives vision into the future. I'm not talking about physical eyesight. I'm talking about VISION or imagination - the power to envision something not yet.
Hope feeds motivation to make that vision realized.
Okay, that looks like a bunch of hokey words to sound all philosophical. Let me put it like this…
Without Hope, ”Why bother?” is what you are left with.
“Why bother? It doesn't matter what I do anyway.” Just an example of hopelessness demonstrated in a sentiment I have heard and even used in the past.
Suicide is the most drastic and dark demonstration of hopelessness (No Hope).
I AM HOPE
This Why I Bother. This is why I AM HOPE.
If nothing else, I have the confident expectation in the life and music that I have been given, to Help Other People Everyday, in some way, along the way, in this life journey.
If nothing else, I Am HOPE, in that I present myself and All I Am (Human) as a fellow journeyman in life - a fellow traveler on a journey that I have not been on before.
If nothing else, I Am HOPE, reaching out however I can to Help Other People Everyday know that they are not alone in this journey.
I have the confident expectation that this life and music I have been given, not only matters, but matters so much that it will make a difference in the lives of people I may never meet personally.
So, whether that means I Help Other Producers Elevate, or Help Other People Eat, I Am Helping Other People Everyday and looking for more ways that I can Be HOPE.