Which Do You Feel is True?
By debrakcarey
@debrakcarey (19887)
United States
7 responses
@czareanah22 (35)
• Philippines
30 May 11
I think it's the first. We always expect anything from tomorrow and we always pray for that. If we had a bad day today, then we'll be praying and expecting for a good luck tomorrow.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
30 May 11
Tomorrow isn't given to us, only hope for tomorrow is ours.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
30 May 11
I will lean and say this one "A man begins to die when he ceases to expect anything from Tomorrow. ABRAHAM MILLER "
If we have absolutely no hope then what is there to look forward too, also hope also encourages us to try harder, wish harder and want harder.
For me not having hope would mean ready to die, I don't think I will ever be ready to give up and die.
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
30 May 11
I don't really agree with either of them.
I would say that expectations is the big killer. Because you should not expect anything unless it has been promise to you. And even then, half of the time you will be deceive.
As for hope, it depends what hope you are talking about. If it is realistic, there is no much wrong with it.
But if you hope that God will save you, or you hope that you are going to win the lottery, then it is true that it will prolong your torments.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
30 May 11
I am a pessimist by nature. I figure if I expect the worst, when something better happens I can be pleasantly surprised instead of expecting the best and being let down.
I do have hope though, for awhile in my life I did not. There is a point where you either find hope or go insane. I chose to hope in Jesus. And he hasn't let me down yet. I find it a reasonable hope, even being a pessimistic sort like I am. I know this world is not all there is. Thank God for that hope as it has shown me that no matter the trial or the pain, I am becoming what I am meant to be.
As for the lottery...I will buy a ticket now and then. But when I do, I still get up and go to work expecting to need the paycheck.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
30 May 11
Absolutely, the first one is true! I know almost everyone has had their moments when they've sincerely believed the second one to be true, but that would likely be at their darkest, most depressed and pessimistic hours. I think "HOPE" is one thing that sustains us, that keeps us going and growing. Without it, what do we really have? If hope is evil, what is despair - some kind of blessing or gift? I sure don't think so!
Annie
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
30 May 11
You are so positive all the time annie!1 person likes this
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
3 Jun 11
Except for who we vote for, I suspect you and I are more alike than either of us cares to admit. 
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
30 May 11
I think they are both true, as silly as that sounds. We need hope in order to keep going but we have to temper it by not expecting too much--expecting too much leads to disappointment and a broken spirit. Like everything else, hope is best taken in moderation.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
30 May 11
A realistic hope. One based on truth, not wishful thinking. I agree. Hope must be based on truth. That is why finding truth should be the highest goal of all human beings. But we are a lazy lot, we'd rather be told what is truth than find it for ourselves.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
31 May 11
I'm with Miller, who wants to live with out hope that things will improve?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
1 Jun 11
I really haven't read any of his stuff, I just know that I can't be that pessimistic.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
1 Jun 11
Me either. And the torment he speaks of; its really all about how you percieve trials and tribulations, isn't it? Torment is in the eye of the beholder?
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@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
1 Jun 11
Me too, most definately. Urban and I have discussed the alternative. In reading the philosophy of Nieztche I have pondered his philosophy and cannot accept it or even contemplate it. Perhaps I do not really understand it, that may be the case. But I don't think I need to. What's your take on Nieztche?
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@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
30 May 11
which one? the first or the second? 
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