Hope Vs. Acceptance
Manta
Join Date: 2005-01-12 Member: 35056Members
Join Date: 2005-01-12 Member: 35056Members
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What do you think is better, in any case? To have a bit of hope, regardless of the circumstances, or to simply accept what is most likely?
Personally, I think having a bit of hope is good (I'm not a big fan of cynicism), but probably only when the outcome of something is almost a sure thing, so it's not a huge blow to your hopes when something doesn't turn out your way.
Personally, I think having a bit of hope is good (I'm not a big fan of cynicism), but probably only when the outcome of something is almost a sure thing, so it's not a huge blow to your hopes when something doesn't turn out your way.
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If you have hope, there is more of a chance that you can overcome whatever obsticle.
To accept something would cause you not to care, making it harder to physically and psycologically overcome the obstical
Seriously, I don't know about other cultures, but I'm pretty sure most people tend to think of hope and rebellion as glamorous qualities. Look at most American movies, it's a much-adored trait here.
Then again, I've watched a couple of Spanish films, and Spanish directors in general don't subscribe to the "uplifting" school of thought. So maybe it is dependent on culture. <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Um, how about both? Hope for the best, expect the worst. Hope and acceptance aren't mutually exclusive.
And Deus: you know what, I never carry enough cash in my wallet to pay for the medical costs related to a stab wound. If a guy tries to mug me unarmed, there's no way in hell he's getting it, but any kind of weapon kinda tips the scale. He's using it for a reason: it gives him an advantage, one I'm probably not able to overcome. I'm confident in my ability to outrun anyone with a knife, though. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Acceptance
Acceptance otherwise.
It is important in life to learn when one has to let go. It is important to presearve your strength. If you strife for every bit of hope and every opportunity, you will be burned out before your 40th birthday.
I have met many of those people in the curse of my career.
Acceptance means the susceptance of yourself to a position where you deny certain things as they are. Should we accept the world as it is? If so, then we lie to ourselves in a certain way, because the world is a filthy place; but we can accept it and try to better it, like the rose that grows within the thorn bush.
At the end it all boils down to hope, because without any form of hope, whether it be that encompassing song which brings you tears, or a hope that one day you will meet that one person, our lives our meaningless; but the weak or cynnical person accepts this world or persecutes it, whilst the hopeful do what is opposite of both: he or she gives it love.
For true hope is what love compels; it gives us breath to live another day, to hear that voice just one time, call across the crimson sky.