“Hope has a short life and is not meant for long-term application on any single issue. It is the spark, but if there is no determination, no diligence to honesty and self-examination waiting to pick up the flame, it will fade and a person will sink back into despair and repeat a vicious pattern of stagnation.

“Hope can either destroy the psyche of its host or save them from utter despair.”

-Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com