Hope's Source

Hope can only come about when we are willing to overlook the unpleasant circumstances that surround us and focus on the eternal truths of God. Any other perceived path to hope is false and fraudulent.

It has been said that forgiveness can only come when we are willing to give up the hope that the past can be any different. And so forgiveness and hope seem to be similarly rooted - and require us to stop focusing on the circumstances, past or present.

I suspect that focus on future circumstances would be equally unrewarding.