Dear Dr Brown,
Below is my opinion on this week's blog on 'Hope':
I believe 'Hope' is something society is very fond of, since we like to be hopeful every time we face a challenge or hurdle in our lives. As you rightly said, hope gives us something to look forward to, something that we anticipate will make the future better and increase our chances of overall happiness. Nevertheless, I don't always think hope is a worthwhile act, since it gives us false assurance that things will change, by us simply wishing for it. We must learn that hope alone is not enough for things to change; we must be active citizens who have the drive to want to create happiness, and not just 'hope' on it.
Can humans ever be hopeful too often? There are many things we hope for; hoping to pass the termly Chemistry test or hoping to call your grandmother tomorrow - it has become so easy for us to hope that the likelihood of such things alike will come true. These are just examples where we should not be hoping for these things to come true, but we should be acting upon them to make sure they come true, even if it means revising for 20 minutes longer for Chemistry, or calling your grandmother on the train to school instead of texting your friends. We should consider when hope is invaluable to us, at times where things are definitely out of our hands. When it comes to finding the cure for cancer or stopping supervolcanoes erupting, hope is all we have got, and that is when I think, hope is our best bet.
Not sure what the diagram is trying to show. I guess it just means that faith, hope and love are interconnected. Unfortunately, the arrows on the cogs are the wrong way around and the action of love would appear to make hope and faith clash (an interesting thought). But does hope drive love (action) or vice versa? And does faith drive hope or vice versa? Or do our actions out of love drive both faith and hope?
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ReplyDeleteHope could drive love, since hoping is a positive action that would lead to happiness and in turn, love. Nonetheless, love can drive hope since love towards others or other things around us could make us hopeful that, that love continues e.g. love for bright sunny days, and hence being hopeful the sun continues to shine for the rest of the week (similar to today)
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