A thought for people who are like me

Every time a person gives up hope the world gets a little more hopeless. There are lots of things in this world that are very disappointing, but do they have to reign over your life. When you run out of hope nothing else will happen. It is the fuel for dreaming and invention and the voice that keeps us alive. Everything was created by hope and even our own birth was a product of it. The world would have ended a long time ago if everyone gave up. There have been plenty of reasons throughout history that would have been good enough for anyone to just throw up their hands and quit. Many Jews hoped long and hard enough to keep living and made it out of the Holocaust. We have had nastier days in history than these, that we are going through now. The end of the world happens when we die. Hard times make life more beautiful when the days are good. Giving up hope, I am beginning to see is selfishness. When you lose hope other people have to suffer and work harder to keep their joy alive. A world without hope is a burial ground and nothing can persevere in it's absence. After you lose hope there is only one thing worth doing, and that is to blow your brains out. I'm not suggesting that you do this. You might hurt a lot of people. Life doesn't care if you hate it. Even if you decide that nobody loves you, there is probably someone who needs you somewhere. No matter how hard a day is, unless you die, there is a tomorrow waiting for you. No two days are exactly the same. So maybe when you wake up one morning, the sun will be shining and there will be someone to bring you bacon and eggs and a smile. Just maybe, this can happen to you. Christmas is every day. We may not like what we get, but there is still Jesus and the hope he gives us for a better day.