According to the dictionary, hope is “a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.” Let’s look at some examples of the role hope played in the lives of celebrities as well as everyday individuals.
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The conventional wisdom is that planning ahead for education, marriage, family, career, retirement pays off. Even though none of us can read tealeaves, we believe that planning, though unsettling, is a necessary guide to our future. So why is it so difficult?
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Why do happy transitions—like a wished for job or relationship—upset us? I interviewed a new college president about her transition. She was thrilled to be selected but wondered why she felt depressed after starting the new job. A newly married couple moved into their first home.Editorial Controls
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Holidays can evoke feelings of loneliness forcing people to confront what they want but don’t have. Laurel cried as she told me that the second Christmas following her husband’s death is more difficult that the first. The first year, family and friends surrounded her. The second year, her husband’s death is not uppermost in anyone’s mind but hers. She finds herself tearful.
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