What's the very first thing that springs to mind when you think of the concept of 'Hope'?

Aragorn.
Yes, it really was, I’m a geek, so?

A forlorn desire which is destined to be unfulfilled. Hmm… think am a glass half empty sort of guy. (except when the motherfucker is full to the brim!)

Hope, Arkansas.

I grew up with a pretty little girl in elementary school with whom I was infatuated named Hope.
The second and almost immediate successor thought was of the winged benison in the bottom of Pandora’s box.

The SS Hope.

Lange. But The Best of Everything is one of my favorite movies.

Well then it’ll most certainly just spill all over the place and be wasted! :frowning:

The concept itself – something that I strive for. Then trying to come up with something more concrete: “It springs eternal” and “The thing with feathers.”

Pandora’s Box

Pain. Hope has caused more pain and suffering in history than any other 2 things combined. Broken hearts, crushed dreams, disappointed fans, despair, all have their start in someone hoping.

The opposite of despair. I don’t know if that makes me a pessimist who is more familiar with despair. But that is what I think of.

God

Mine as well. Her name isn’t hope - but she’s the focus of rather a lot of my own hopes.

“Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul…” Emily Dickinson.

Love.