Hope

 What is “hope?”  It is a feeling.  An example of this feeling is when a drunk goes to their first AA meeting.  Their life is a mess at this point, or they would not have gone to this meeting.  The person cannot stop drinking.  Their life is spiraling ever downward in health, finances, and relationships.  They might even be homeless or near to it.  In their first meeting they understand almost nothing of what has been said, but a snippet or two gets to them.  “You don’t have to drink anymore.”  They are not looking for happiness.  Who can be happy no longer drinking?  But they hear that there is a way out of the downward spiral.  People greet the person afterwards and exchange phone numbers.  When this drunk walks out of the meeting, things are the same in their life, but EVERYTHING FEELS DIFFERENT.  That is hope.