someone recently asked me what my hopes were. and for awhile i was stumped. i know what my goals are. i can give you a breakdown of my goals in order of importance, or in chronological order, or in order of difficulty or whatever! but hopes? i'm not too sure.
what's the difference anyway?
are they the same except for that with one you have a certain amount of control and your actions can dictate the results (goals) while your actions for the other are quite inconsequential with regards to the result (hope)? do we hope for things which are out of our control? does hope involve more fate? more chance? a higher being?
we don't say: my GOAL is to have healthy children.
instead we say: i HOPE to have healthy children.
we have no control over whether or not our children are healthy. sure there are certain things we can do to increase the likelihood of good health, but there's nothing that guarantees good health.
is that it? is that the difference???
so what are my hopes in life?
i dunno. let me get back to you on that.
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