HOPE figures prominently in your statement above, and a lot of philosophers have had words to say about hope, all dependent on their way of perceiving the world. The optimist with a glass half full sees hope as a good thing. The pessimist sees hope as the great deception. You must decide if you have a glass half full or half empty. If it's half full, pull up your socks and go at it again until you make hope reality.

Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. ~George Weinberg

Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope. ~Author Unknown

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. ~Robert G. Ingersoll

Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. ~Titus Maccius Plautus

In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man's torments. ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 1878

When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. ~Anne Lamott

The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope.
~William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. ~Marian Zimmer Bradley

Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Lord save us all from... a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. ~Mark Twain

Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier. ~Author Unknown

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so. ~Eric Bentley

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. ~Thomas Hardy

Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. ~Norman Cousins

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness, of captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable. ~Samuel Johnson

Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb

Hope deceives more men than cunning does. ~Vauvenargues, Reflections and Maxims, 1746

Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. ~Ouida

He that lives upon hope will die fasting. ~Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

Hope is patience with the lamp lit. ~Tertullian

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. ~Lin Yutang

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers. ~Robert Ingersoll

CaroL

...I'd blame Him for everything as well.

I believe that it's only when we stand up and take responsibility for our own actions, that we start to live. All the time we put responsibility and blame onto a supernatural power, we diminish ourselves.

The good and bad in this world is mostly of man's making. We can all play a minor part in making this world better or worse. Praying to someone else to take responsibility sounds a cop out to me.

Get thee behind me, God. Or perhaps I'm confusing Him with someone else. Can someone explain the difference.

I appreciate you may feel my words to be offensive - they are not meant to be, only to show the world in a different light to the one in which you have been looking.

The love of all users on this site is with you.

One of the things I see in your life is a need for an immediate response. God answers prayers in his time and when he knows you are ready. Adversity is a growth period for all of us. Believe me if God brough you to to it he will take you through it, have faith.

Taking ones life is not an answer it is an act of selfishness, and act of remorse and regret. What if you fail at taking your ownlife are you willing to face those consequences?
Write to people, talk to people, get out and do something positive.

A Womans gotta do what a womans gotta do