Originally Posted By: Irish
Am I in denial if I want to have any sense of hopefulness - even the smallest sense?


You are only in denial if you stop living your life only for that result.

You know I think hope is a lot like unconditional love...

We can hold it in our hearts,

and it fulfills us, and is part of us,

Without ever having to be returned to us.

And sometimes what we start out hoping for evolves into something different,

Something better.

Something we didn't expect,

but we would never have found it had we not had hope to begin with.

My goal is to some day be the person my dog thinks I am