The Importance of Hope in the Face of Adversity

His death caused me to brush up against that uncomfortable truth, so my mind got to work. I decided it was important for me to carry on hope and aspiration in his honor. For a short while, his death infused otherwise banal and empty experiences with import and meaning. And that meaning gave me hope. Our psyches construct little narratives like this whenever they face adversity. These before and after stories we invent for ourselves. They are then what give our lives a sense of purpose. Not only do they imply there is something better in the future, but also that it's actually possible to achieve that something.