Snyder and his colleagues came up with a way of measuring hope, both as a stable trait of an individual and as a state one can be in anytime. My response, Science is on the side of hope. This is not to say that hope has no purpose, but that we need to be aware of the danger of trusting too much in hope lest we spend much of our time disappointed. No global claim was made: that’s why I use words like “generally” and “likely.” What I’m saying is that hope is most usually predicated on a knowledge that things won’t turn out the way one wants them to but the person hoping is expressing their strong desire for their preferred outcome. The Agency subscale of the Adult Hope Scale was the better predictor of life satisfaction in both studies. The subscales (Agency and Pathways) of the Adult Hope Scale (Snyder, Harris et al., 1991) and optimism and pessimism as measured by the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994) were compared in terms of ability to predict life satisfaction as measured by the domain-specific Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI® Frisch, 1994 Study 1, N = 331) and the global measure Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985 Study 2, N = 215). My response, So am I right, you are making the global claim that no form of hope is rational and no hope is built on anything but none empirical, really? In this study the hope and optimism constructs and their unique variances in predicting life satisfaction where explored. I wouldn’t say that hope is entirely without merit but without something real to support that hope, it is likely to turn to disappointment. Hope is most often seen when someone’s plans are shaky or unreasonable or when reality suggests a different outcome as the more likely to occur. When one has only hope, it is generally because facts don’t support what one desires as the most likely (or even a likely) outcome. My response, Interesting, I would first ask, “So you have absolute proof or is it a hope that you have real knowledge?” What would be your response to the idea that hope is the most evil of emotions because it serves, primarily, to extend one’s pain? This is a beautiful but, it seems, idealized view. I want to set my sights on hope’s bright lights I have accepted my lot in life as being in perpetual poverty.I now know, shame and blame run hand in handĪnd they will topple even the tallest man I highly doubt I will ever earn any higher than minimum wage, so I have given up on any ambition I once had to do so. Even though I work 40-45 hours a week, I still qualify for food stamps, section 8 housing, private food banks, a government food bank, WIC, Medicaid, and $100 in fuel subsidies per month. I'm employed for minimum wage at a local automotive dealership as a car wash guy, and I honestly doubt I will ever earn the equivalent of $25k in today's dollars, so I have given up on any dreams that I once had. I'm 30, and rent a 3bdrm 2 bath townhouse, and vehicles, (a Blazer LT, and an Oldsmobile LSS). I still live in the same county where I was born and raised, and I live in the city where I was born. I have since lost all hope of ever making anywhere close to that. The best I hoped for was to aspire to be middle income. The most I ever hoped for when I was a youth was to be a locksmith in Las Vegas, earing around $75k a year in 1999 inflation adjusted dollars, living in a paid for newer double wide mobile home on rented land, with a paid for vehicle less than 5 years old. I've never had any dreams of riches, or grandeur.
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