Hoping Against Hope

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Hoping against hope. This brings us to the idea of 'hope.' Is hope a good thing?

Clearly, from what has gone before, a little hope is a good thing, but you can have too much hope. There is an old irreverant saying about hope: 'Hope in one hand and shit in the other hand, then weigh the results.' This old scatological joke says a lot about 'hope.' Hope, like Faith, can be abused.

What about charity? Charity is another word for Love. Can you have too much Charity? Too much love? I don't know. Faith and Hope relate to cause and effect such that excesses can lead to disaster. Love is different unless it is adulterated with Faith or Hope.

Pure Love seems to be unanswerable.

The bible says that 'the greatest of these is love.' Maybe. But I don't think the bible addresses Courage in any meaningful way. Courage is essential. You can hope in one hand, you can believe your ass off on the other hand, you can even love all of the above. But unless you have courage you are lost forever. No Courage no Life.