Hope

I was trying to think of something to write with the letter 'h' and couldn't come up with anything that felt right.  After stewing about it for a couple days, I kept coming back to hope.

Why do we have it? What are we hopeful for? What does hope even mean?

Well, according to the dictionary, this is the first definition under hope: the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.

Going by this definition, I have SO MUCH HOPE! I seriously have such big dreams and I am so full of hope that they come true, or that my dreams mold and change as I get older. Let's be honest, I'm almost 25, so I need to start figuring things out. But for now, I'm just so hopeful for the future. I truly hope that in a year and a half or so I'm graduated with my Masters degree, searching/already at my dream job, figuring out who I am and who I want to be. I hope that other people are proud of me, because I'm proud of myself.

Not even looking too far into the future, I hope that I can cross a few items off of my bucket list this year. I'm hoping to meet Darren Criss and Chris Colfer. I'm hoping to meet Andrew Rannells as well but that will be tough. I hope that I can save enough money to do all of the things that I want to do in the next year, plus more to move! I hope that in two years I'm in either New York City or LA doing something I love. I hope I can see as many Broadway shows as possible. I hope that I continue to learn as grow as a person, and that I continue to improve myself in so many ways.

I'm a hopeful nerd.

Ever seen The Hunger Games? There was a few scenes added with President Snow, and in one of them he says, "Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear."

Hope is such a cool word.