Mode of Hope
Hope is having faith in a positive future. In other words, to hope is not merely to desire something. To hope is to treat a desired future as worth striving for, investing in and acting towards, even when uncertainty seems to overwhelm us. There is an element of uncontrollability in hope as trust. When the future escapes reason and becomes unpredictable, the mechanisms of hope compel us to place our trust in one another.
We need to take a leap of faith. When we hope, we also always recognise the limitations in our ability to affect the world. This reveals the necessity of depending on forces beyond our immediate control.