Broken Despair

Nobody knows what hope is anymore. We think we do but really we just settle for the watered-down, easy way out version. So often we go through life not even caring. "I can never achieve joy so why even try? I'll pursue happiness because at least that is attainable." I've always hated that part in the Declaration of Independence. "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Why are we settling for something cheap? Something that is worth far less than what we're meant to have? I love The Lord of the Rings because even though when all hope is lost, they fight on without it. The world is coming to an end and instead of giving in they continue to fight until they are dead. We aren't even in situations like that and we do the opposite, we abandon all hope and the worst part of all is that we don't even realize we're doing it. It's so easily cured too. Despair can be broken by something as simple as a sunrise, or a glance at the night's sky, or dare i say it...a child. How many children do we see just trying to get by in life? How many children have no hope? Even in the worst situations a child is never without hope. Why can't we be like that?