Don't ask me what my title means, it's pretty random.

Well, since my new emo-ness as a result of my break up, I've decided to post this hope note thingy that I have on facebook. It's all inspirational and whatnot, well kinda. Anywho, here it is.

"Hmm, everyone's got me inspired with all their note writing. Thinking that, to prevent my mind from becoming too stagnant, I should write something. Get the old cobwebs out from under the keyboard and write something more constructive than an insult or joke.

Well, I've been wondering (due to Ms. Tyl's insistence that our art has one element of hope), what hope exactly is, and what divides the optimists from the pessimists and cynics.

People describe hope as some guiding light which takes you away from the darkness. But for me, hope isn't some blinding light which radiates the land of doubt and angst. No, hope, isn't bright at all. It's nothing like a shining light that can be switched on and off. And it doesn't pierce the darknesses of life. In fact, often, I find hope is invisible to me, nothing more than a subconscious presence.

Hope doesn't keep you looking up when everything's down. It's not the lifeguard in life's turbulent seas. Hope isn't what saves us...

It's what keeps us going.

For some, it's hope that our dreams will come true. That optimism will pay off. That maybe something positive will prevail...
For others, it's the belief that this life, must get better. That this dead existence cannot be all there is. That the pain...no, the torment...will all be worth something in the end.

Hope is an angel that guides you, or the demon which misleads you. Hope is what keeps you fighting through the trenches of warfare present in our daily lives, or it's what leads you unsuspectingly into these inescapable skirmishes.

Whatever hope is, it seems to be valued. Something which is intangible, yet which many cling to like a valued possession being swept out into the rising tide of the ocean.

Hope is different to everyone I guess. But one thing that remains constant is that hope, is something worth holding on to..for whatever reason."

There we go, hopefully that was something meaningful.

To my imaginary readers: until next time.

Toodles
Megg