You crack me up. Hope isn't the problem The problem is that what some people call "hope" is misplaced and foolish optimism, and they refuse to see their situation for what it is.
For example, for prisoners at Auschwitz who survived induction day, the future outlook was not good. You performed slave labor in return for so little nourishment that you were slowly starving, and if you got sick and could not work, then it was off to the showers and ovens for you.
So why didn't they all just throw up their hands, mount an ineffective rebellion against armed captors? Because of hope. Not because the outcome looked good. They were in a place worse than Hell, and they knew it.
Some did survive in the end.
Now... if they were going around saying, "They won't pick me because one of the guards smiled at me, so they like me", that would be unrealistic and foolish. Kind of what folks do here sometimes.
They refuse to see the brutal reality of their situation and accept it and deal with things accordingly.
Last edited by TimeHeals; 09/16/1012:45 PM.
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The problem is that what some people call "hope" is misplaced and foolish optimism, and they refuse to see their situation for what it is.
