Reflection on Hope
November 4th, 2007

Reflection on Hope

What is the source of Hope? Do we create it ourselves?

“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism.
It is not the conviction that something will turn
out well, but the certainty that something makes
sense, regardless of how it turns out.”

Quotation from Václav Havel, Disturbing the Peace

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  1. tyan

    babe, i really love your quotation here abt hope!Another of your masterpiece,you always wow me when i visit u here:)

  2. Carolina Lange

    Very interesting! Love it!
    And the cat is so beautiful!

  3. kim

    excellent strip and quote! sweet kitty…ah I do miss my orange kitty who crossed over the rainbow bridge a year ago…

  4. Eidur

    This is a very deep one Sera… I honestly don’t know what to answer… But I think that *we* create our hopes, when we need them…

  5. gary

    Great Havel quote. And so true - hope is an inner quality, like inspiration. Optimism is belief that something will turn out better than worse - sometimes there is evidence, often not. Hey, we all die in the end. But is hope extinguished from that knowledge? Not for some.

  6. L.Reis

    Hope is humankind’s greatest invention…our private tool t survive…
    Great strip!!

  7. kalai

    dats an amazing quote abot hope buddy…..

    “*we* create our hopes, when we need them”

    i agree with Eidur….

  8. rags

    interesting thought!

  9. Seraphine Khorana

    Eidur, Kalai. “We” create our hope, when we need it.
    Gary. Hope is optimism.
    L.Reis. Hope is an internal private tool.
    Thank you Tyan, Carolina, & Rags.
    Kim. I’m sorry about your orange. Your caring gives me with hope.
    Hugs to you all.

  10. Marin

    We’ve talked about hope before. Havel’s quotation sums up my view perfectly. And perhaps we do create our own hope. Thanks for a great show yesterday!

  11. Seraphine Khorana

    Hugs Marin. Yes, we have talked hope before.
    It’s a testament to the human spirit, to go on even
    with a broken heart or shattered dream. Hope is
    what heals us, one small thing, one step at a time.
    The heart uncrumples and keeps going…

  12. ColNed Pictures

    As it was my bday on the 4th and then you always have a look on your own refection and your self.. great thought for a new year for me.. thanks for that !

  13. Wendy

    Yummy.

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