tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058916.post2497650359513366008..comments2023-07-30T08:36:47.412-05:00Comments on Manic Writings of a BiPolar Mind: I Hate HopeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058916.post-64072010994912060622006-12-02T09:51:00.000-06:002006-12-02T09:51:00.000-06:00I have really gotten something out of your essay t...I have really gotten something out of your essay today...I will be <a href="http://www.bulletproofsoul.info">linking to you</a> in a bit. Come check it out if you have a chance.Sunihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134633888214913473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058916.post-49189490626370199342006-11-21T19:43:00.000-06:002006-11-21T19:43:00.000-06:00Maybe you're only hoping for the wrong things, Wol...Maybe you're only hoping for the wrong things, Wolvie.<br />How about changing your list to this:<br /><br />Hoping for the things that ARE within your reach.<br />Hoping that you WILL succeed, by not expecting too too much.<br />Hoping that you'll pleasantly surprise yourself.<br />Hoping that things go better than you had expected.<br />Hoping for the person inside you, loved by God - because He loves you, unconditionally. <br />Hoping that others will see the person God loves.<br /><br />I am saddened by this post and just know that NOBODY should have to feel so bad about themselves. <br /><br />May God fill you with His love and help you feel better soon.<br /><br />Love, marjamarjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810913152746930742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058916.post-64251837571853734082006-11-18T01:55:00.000-06:002006-11-18T01:55:00.000-06:00I can identify with having gotten my hopes up over...I can identify with having gotten my hopes up over something, and then been let down. But I also think there's a difference between a hope and an expectation. You're probably conversant with Scripture, so you're familiar with the standard definition of hope as being an "earnest expectation" of things unseen, hitherto unknown...but that kind of expectation is all right because the hope is in God, and not in a false idea or power. The sense in which expectations are negative figures in Buddhism, and I think that when we attach ourselves to those kinds of expectations, that's when we are let down. Anyway, thanks for sharing.Andy https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531512683361580799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33058916.post-78558501094875142732006-11-16T20:43:00.000-06:002006-11-16T20:43:00.000-06:00Wolvie, yes...I see where you're coming from about...Wolvie, yes...I see where you're coming from about hope. I've felt that way countless times, but never put it so elegantly. There is ONE good thing about hope. When you've lost ALL hope, you cease to have a reason to exist. With just a glimmer of hope that things will eventually get better, you can take a step forward. I was so depressed in 2001 and the last thing to go was hope that anything would change. At that point, I was suicidal. Hope is all we have...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068426024988801408noreply@blogger.com