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Baby Gansta
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0 posted 2001-01-13 10:15 AM


to y'all,

so many people don't believe in hope but a person like me believes in hope and i want to hear your opnions of what do you think hope is and where do you think hope lies...
anyway this is my opinion of what hope means and you guys enjoy it.......

what's hope?

hope is knowing that a positive outcome awaits.

hope is not only expecting a dream to come true,
but having a deep assurance that it's within
you reach.

hope is saying you can.

hope is knowing that you can improve and that you always get better with practice.

hope is knowing that you can achieve your goals through hard work and persistance.

hope is looking to the futre with joy and having an expectation of better things to come.

hope is the knowledge that lifes is everlasting,
and that miracles happen every day.

hope is something that never abandons you.
even when your life is filled with sadness
and disappointment, a spark remains inside
to help you get through the rough times.

hopes is one of God's greatest gift to you,
because it's the magic that inspires you to keep trying, learning, loving, and living.

anyway that's my opinion...what's yours?



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Allan Riverwood
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1 posted 2001-01-13 11:46 AM


Don't get mad but...
Hope is something that a helpless and lazy man clings to in order to solve his problems...
I despise the concept of "hope."  Why do we have to be so helpless?  MAKE things happen, don't hope that they will.
-Allan

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2 posted 2001-01-13 12:55 PM


Allan has a point, but I strongly disagree with him on the fact that it's a way to solve problems for a lazy fat bald man. I added bald, but hey....
Anyway I think hope is needed in order to stay positive. Suicide.....a common sign of a suicidal person is HOPELESSNESS. The shear fact that things will not get better EVER causes people to kill themselves. It's not always about waiting for something to come to you.......but.......rather it can be about the clouds going away and that ray of sunshines finally showing up. All natural....All in order to stay alive.



I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

Morouxshi San
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3 posted 2001-01-13 01:36 PM


Beaten to the punch by Dopey i have no other solution but to say "yeah that, what dopey said"

hopelessness is one of the greatest problems you can encounter, you loose all will to fight.
no matter how much you want it, allan, if you think youre going to lose the fight youre not going to give it your best, you should have hope in that you can beat your oponent, bypass your obstacle, because then and only then will you give it your 150%.

hope is what makes you keep going, so that when they knock you down you pick yourself back up, re-group, and get ready to give it another shot.


San, the wise
San, the dumb
San, the guy...

Angel in Flight
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4 posted 2001-01-13 02:00 PM


San, Actually hope is a terrible thing believe me i know. I have been hoping for many things to happen in my life when I should have been out there doing thing to change what happened so I wouldnt have to hope. IF anything I would say you need HEART to go out there and give you courage to do what you need to do to better your situation.
Poet on Acid
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5 posted 2001-01-13 02:59 PM


well here is my 'objective' opinion of hope..

Hope is great and wonderful and one of the most splenderous things ever...If you have it. Hope can be an evil wicked thing that drains your soul and keeps you fighting and struggling for something that is too far out of your reach, if you don't have it. Hope can keep a man sane while he waits release from prison, hope can keep a family dealing with life if a member of that family has died, hope can keep you from moving on in your life and accepting what you can and can not get and it can blind a person from the cruelties of life. Hope is a double edged sword. Well there you go, my 'objective' opinion of the essence of hope. < !signature-->

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Melster
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6 posted 2001-01-13 06:53 PM


I am with Dopey on this one...  Hope is something that keeps us going,if we have hope then we have a reason to be... we cling to hope to pull us through, even if what we hoped for doesn't come true, then we still had that hope to pull us through, and then we cling to another hope...  
Without hope we have nothing I believe...  We hope that tomorrow the sun will rise, we hope that the car will start in order to go to work and support ourselves.  Where would we be without it?  
Yes I realise that when hope fails us and we are left in the depths of dispair we feel like there is no hope, but what is it that we cling to then??  We cling to hope that someone will help bring us back...  
Ultimately we cling to hope for everything, whether we know it or not, we are doing it, yes even that bald lonely fat man on the corner has hope, hope that someone will help him get through the day...  
Without hope where are we???
This is just my opinion...  I don't know if it makes sense to anyone, but hey, that's me for ya!!

Melz!!


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Allan Riverwood
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7 posted 2001-01-13 06:57 PM


The poor guy went from helpless lazy man to lazy bald man to bald fat man...
What gives?  ~_^

Morouxshi San
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8 posted 2001-01-13 08:52 PM


melz it makes way more sense than hope being evil (angel's take on it).

angel if you just hope for unreachable things and do nothing BUT hope yes you are doomed.

you have to know what your limits are, shoot for them hope you get there and WORK to get there, then you shoot a little higher and repeat the process.

sitting down like a lonely, lazy fat bald man wearing nothing but shorts is not going to help at all.
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San, the wise
San, the dumb
San, the guy...


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Baby Gansta
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9 posted 2001-01-16 01:57 PM


Hope does not mean just because you hope something will happen it will..having hope will easy things, but you also have try hard to achieve what you want.  I totally agree with Melsz.
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10 posted 2001-01-16 02:11 PM


See I think that a lazy fat bald man wearing nothing but shorts who eats hot dogs all day doesn't hope. He just waits for things to come to him, this not hopeing, but rather WASTING TIME. Surely hope is not a waste of time.....
Just because a lazy fat bald man wearing nothing but shorts who eats hot dogs all day while dancing salsa music does it doesn't mean you have to!
So let's get out there and HOPE!



I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

Poet on Acid
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11 posted 2001-01-16 06:12 PM


does anyone know the name of the poor helpless lazy bald fat man wearing nothing but shorts who eats hotdogs all day and dances to salsa music while having no hope? I really think this guys needs help, maybe some counseling.< !signature-->

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Allan Riverwood
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12 posted 2001-01-16 06:18 PM


ARGH...
i wish i never introduced you all to this man... ^_^

Eternal life without the darkness isn't life at all- it is a lobotomy.


Lakewalker
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13 posted 2001-01-17 04:51 PM


Great thoughts from all of you.  Even that poor helpless  dirty lazy bald fat man wearing nothing but shorts who eats hotdogs all day and night and dances to salsa music while having no hope.  To me, Hope is a College in Holland Michigan, wait, uh, there's no hope for me.  Wait, yeah there is, no, wait, what's hope in the first place?  i dunno.  ok, I can accept that.  See, I just have to get the two of me to agree and everything works out fine

"Disagreements stimulate thought, thought stimulates action, and action stimulates life." --Lakewalker
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Dopey Dope
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14 posted 2001-01-17 08:17 PM


the poor helpless lazy bald fat man wearing nothing but shorts who eats hotdogs all day and dances to salsa music while having no hope and licking his index finger is noone and nothing but a guy named Pepe de la Muerta. He resides in Houston, texas and goes by the alias of Bob.

There you go.....that's who it is.


I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

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