Consider this a bonus post.
I’ve been giving a lot of consideration to the role and value of hope. That emotion can inflate people and allow those on the edge of despair to continue going. I also have come to believe that hope is at once a false construct and necessary evil. I think it even has the power of prolonging life. Everyone needs something to believe in. When you hope for something better it gives you something to work for, to have in your mind as a goal, and to fight your way towards.On the other hand, without hope you come to recognize that this is as good as it gets.
So, what if this is as good as it gets? If you’re in a place where you have a good life and your heart is full of love, then as good as it gets is absolutely good enough. If you’re not there or you tried and lost it or you’ve fallen short in some way then ‘good as it gets’ doesn’t feel so good. So you live in the moments and the memories and hold on to anything that you know can’t hurt you. To use TV terms, it is the separation between Barney and Ted. Only, life doesn’t have TV’s happy ending and kids grow up.
But here’s the good news. Life is about making memories. So when you’ve made yours–I mean the really good ones–consider yourself blessed to have had the opportunity to do so.