{"id":143496,"date":"2023-09-03T08:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=143496"},"modified":"2023-09-03T08:17:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:17:01","slug":"hour-24-hope-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/hour-24-hope-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 24: Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am optimistic, hopeful that my endeavors are not all in vain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can never truly predict an outcome, nothing comes with complete certainty<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are not promised nor owed anything<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet we hope<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We hope for things we desire, for best outcomes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hope is like a wish with faith<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can wish upon a star and hope that it will come true<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A wish with some faith but still uncertainty<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet we hope<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every single day, for so many things<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We hope for peace and comfort for ourselves and others<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like a prayer with no particular deity, just a shout into the universe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regardless of all evidence to the contrary that our hopes are answered<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet we hope<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because hope is a powerful thing, it inspires action<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In ourselves and others, to try, to assist<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even a miracle needs a hand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wishes are passive, hope is active<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An active wish combined with faith<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now that can change the world<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least I hope<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am optimistic, hopeful that my endeavors are not all in vain We can never truly predict an outcome, nothing comes with complete certainty We are not promised nor owed anything Yet we hope We hope for things we desire, for best outcomes Hope is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2454,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143504,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143496\/revisions\/143504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}