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The world is a dark place right now. Everywhere we look, there is sadness that traces our smiles, and everything just seems tinged with gray. School has moved online, and it’s just not the same. There’s homework piling up in our inbox as we gulp down Netflix shows and overeat.
Productivity is just hard to come by and it’s so much easier to just lay on the couch. The worst part? Everything seems to have lost its meaning. What’s the point? Nothing seems to matter anymore. Neither grades, nor education, nor food, nor health, nor mental space. But that’s where we act together because all of these things are extremely important, and they matter a lot.
Sounds hopeless right? Well, nothing is ever hopeless. There are always reasons for hope. Still. And if you look hard, you can find one everywhere, every day. I made it my mission to find reasons to hope; I would look for this hope in the dew of the blades of grass and at the bottom of a tub of ice cream. Initially, it was not easy, in fact, it was difficult to find even five reasons. But as I continued I found more reasons and it became even easier to find reasons. I have documented this journey of hope and here it is presented to you today.
At first, I thought I would find 10 reasons why we should all have hope. But then the list grew. I found hope in the little things and in the big things and the list ended up reaching this point. At the end of it all, I want you to know that no matter what happens, how bad things can get, there is always hope. You should have hope because:
- You are alive. I cannot stress this enough. You are here, you are here today and you are here right now. You are a living being in a beautiful body with complex thoughts and opinions and you are living.
- You are loved. The people in your life love you very much.
- You have a family that loves you. We are all most lucky to have parents who love us, siblings, cousins, uncles, aunts who may or may not show affection.
- You have people who mean family. They may not be blood, but they are like family.
- You deserve to have hope
- You found a song that sings with your soul
- You did something good today
- Someone did something good to you today
- You plan to do something good
- You have done something good in the past and created memories
- You smiled at someone today
- someone smiled at you today
- You remembered a memory from your childhood
- You made a memory that will last
- You have many days ahead of you full of new opportunities.
- You have new chances every day
- You have the power to make a difference
- You stand up for what you believe in
- You impacted someone’s life and you don’t even know it
- You matter enormously and deeply.
- You are brave
- Dolphins can make noises that will melt your heart.
- There are people who love your hopeful face.
- There are people who would cherish your smile.
- Ladybugs exist and they are the most adorable creations.
- Puppy videos on YouTube.
- The climate is improving
- The population of endangered species is increasing
- The bee population is recovering
- The world is committed to fighting any crisis
- We have the technology to go zero carbon
- Technology is advancing every day
- Internet exists.
- YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or whatever your favorite app exists
- You have access to the internet, which means you have access to endless resources
- You can make a change
- You have interesting and unique hobbies
- You can work on things that interest you
- You can create something beautiful
- You can talk about your interests to people who are also interested
- You can bond around common interests and learn new things
- You can learn a new skill
- You can choose a new hobby
- You can publicize something you believe in
- You can help make a change
- You can help protect the world
- You have amazing dreams and goals
- You have achieved some of these goals
- You will achieve the other goals in the future
- You have distant dreams that you will realize
- Your significant other wants you to be happy
- There are beautiful experiences in life like:
- Waking up with someone you love
- Waking up earlier than anyone
- watch the sunrise with someone
- Watch the sunrise all alone
- Drinking hot coffee early in the morning
- Or maybe drink hot tea or any drink you like
- Absolute morning silence only interrupted by nature and the occasional vehicle
- The fresh morning air
- The cool breeze in your hair and the smell of dawn
- Waking up after everyone woke up on a lazy day
- Sleep in bed in the afternoon
- Evening naps
- Naps when you feel tired
- Naps when you’re not tired but bored
- Fall asleep while watching TV
- Fall asleep next to someone you love
- fall asleep on someone you love
- Fall asleep.
- Sunshine
- Cuddles
- Cuddles
- puppies
- Kittens and baby cheetahs
- Videos of babies learning to talk
- Videos of you baby
- Videos of your baby brother
- Pictures from your childhood
- Pictures of your family
- Learn Family History
- Understand your culture
- Adopt a new tradition
- Read the story that excites you
- Read whatever interests you
- Find an amazing book
- Read an amazing book
- Logging
- Blogging
- Share an amazing book
- Eat your favorite food
- Surprise someone with their favorite dish
- surprise someone with kind words
- Surprise someone with a kind gesture
- Cook something you’ve never tried and it turns out amazing
- The taste of the food you loved when you were a kid.
- Watch something you watched as a kid
- Watch the sunset
- have a picnic
- Wear a sweater in cold weather
- Drink hot water
- stay up all night
- Spending hours talking to someone and not noticing the hours pass
- enjoying someone’s company
- Enjoying his own company
- To love someone
- Magnet yourself
- Understand something faster than others
- The sound of someone laughing at your joke
- Eat junk food at midnight
- Eat healthy foods and be aware
- Exercise and feel healthy
- Sleep and love yourself for who you are
- Feel the sun on your skin
- Feeling of nostalgia
- Feeling of serendipity
- Feeling sad, because if you can’t feel sad, you can never feel happy
- feel joy
- to feel loved
- You should have hope because: You are alive