Hope:
Hope is an optimistic attitude of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes related to events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: “expect with confidence” and “to cherish a desire with anticipation”. – Wikipedia.
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Even though at this time in life things may look dim, feel a struggle, and it is hard to become motivated about the day ahead, hope is that seed of sunshine that enters the mind and shines a warmth inside the soul stating, “Better things will come” and “This will soon pass” etc. Hopeful thoughts are positive thoughts in times of struggle, depression and unhappiness. Hopefull thoughts are like a rainbow, they are a promise of good things to come.
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Research shows (hope) it’s a crucial element of our physical and mental well-being. People who have a higher level of hope have healthier habits: They sleep and exercise more, eat more healthy foods and practice safer sex. They also have fewer colds, less hypertension and diabetes, are more likely to survive cancer and have less depression.

Hope is the belief that the future will be better than the present and that you have some power to make it so. It differs from optimism, which is the belief that things will work out no matter what you do

When people lose hope, it’s because they are focusing on obstacles.

You can do this at home. Focus on something that excites you. “It reminds you what hope feels like,” says Shane J. Lopez, a psychologist and senior scientist at Gallup and author of a 2013 book, “Making Hope Happen.” He also recommends doing what you do best—it will give you a boost in confidence and mood. It is also important to spend time with the most hopeful people you know. “Hope is contagious,” Dr. Lopez says.

– Elizabeth Bernstein.
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‘With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. ’
-    Martin Luther King Jr., ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, Aug. 28, 1963.
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Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you’re not going to get it-you go right on wanting it. – Norman Vincent Peale.
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‘Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope … ’ – Robert F. Kennedy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, June 6, 1966.
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“Hope” in the Holy Bible means “a strong and confident expectation”.
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Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory. – Norman Vincent Peale.
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Hope structures your life in anticipation of the future and influences how you feel in the present. Similar to optimism, hope creates a positive mood about an expectation, a goal, or a future situation. Such mental time travel influences your state of mind and alters your behavior in the present. The positive feelings you experience as you look ahead, imagining hopefully what might happen, what you will attain, or who you are going to be, can alter how you currently view yourself. Along with hope comes your prediction that you will be happy, and this can have behavioral consequences.

Having hope is to imagine a positive outcome. The directive of many motivational principles is to visualize what you want and imagine positive outcomes so that your behavior is unconsciously structured to create them.

The way in which a hopeful person handles disappointment differs from those who are not. Even if the present is unpleasant, the thought of a positive future can be stress-buffering and can reduce the impact of negative events or disappointment. Being unrelentingly optimistic about the future helps you to recognize that you are adaptable and capable, enabling you to reassure yourself that you will get through a tough time. Having a powerful hope that you will adapt also provides a limitlessly positive version of the future. Those who are hopeful and optimistic can make excuses for negative outcomes, while the pessimist may become resentful or negatively preoccupied.

– Mary C Lamia Ph.D.
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Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.- Norman Vincent Peale.
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There is always hope. For instance the huge amounts of damage that the rich are doing to the planet today can be stopped. It can be turned around. It just takes a large mental awakening of the general public to focus away from self and to focus on the importance of a healthy environment to live in, clean water, clean natural foods, for now and the future generations. The hope is there, it just takes this awakening. Clearly change is possible, we can hope for that and the more that we act to make that hope become real then the more hope we can have of success.
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A smile is nature’s best antidote for discouragement. It brings rest to the weary, sunshine to those who are frowning, and hope to those who are hopeless and defeated. A smile is so valuable that it can’t be bought, begged, borrowed, or taken away against your will. You
have to be willing to give a smile away before it can do anyone else any good. So if someone is too tired or grumpy to flash you a smile, let him have one of yours anyway. Nobody needs a smile as much as the person who has none to give. – Dale Carnegie.
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