Hope is the expectation that something you desire will happen. The root meaning is connected to a feeling of confidence or trust. Hope keeps us persevering in the midst of difficulty and oppression. Hope compels us to take action, to stand up, to keep progressing, to not give-in to circumstances, limitations, and evils.

Many of us seek peace through avoidance. Avoiding struggle and avoiding stress. Yet peace is not simply the absence of conflict–the absence of struggle and stressors–it is the overcoming of conflict.