Hopelessness

Hopelessness.

One word which people avoid. They'll say 'we have no hope'; but they never say they are full of 'hopelessness'.

Hopelessness is for the hopeless. Hopelessness is for people who know no other choice. They know there's a better life for them somewhere but have no idea of how to get there.

How could they? This is all they've known. The hurt and rejection they feel has never changed, except maybe to get worse.

Hopelessness drives people to do things one vowed never to do. Hopelessness makes people reach out. Yet no one will admitt they are 'hopeless'. No hope is always better than 'hopeless'.

But is anyone ever fully 'hopeless'? Don't we always have hope? Whether it be in people or God? In life or death? Or in love or hate? Surely people have something to cling to through all this.

Through life people yearn for hope. But isn't that yearning a hope for hope? Isn't wishing, loving, holding on or even giving up part of hope? Hope that there is something bigger than yourself? Hope that something can rescue you from your hopelessness?

26.03.09