120 reasons to be hopeful

The world is a dark place right now. Everywhere we look, there is sadness that traces our smiles, and everything just seems tinged with gray. School has moved online, and it’s just not the same. There’s homework piling up in our inbox as we gulp down Netflix shows and overeat.

Productivity is just hard to come by and it’s so much easier to just lay on the couch. The worst part? Everything seems to have lost its meaning. What’s the point? Nothing seems to matter anymore. Neither grades, nor education, nor food, nor health, nor mental space. But that’s where we act together because all of these things are extremely important, and they matter a lot.

Sounds hopeless right? Well, nothing is ever hopeless. There are always reasons for hope. Still. And if you look hard, you can find one everywhere, every day. I made it my mission to find reasons to hope; I would look for this hope in the dew of the blades of grass and at the bottom of a tub of ice cream. Initially, it was not easy, in fact, it was difficult to find even five reasons. But as I continued I found more reasons and it became even easier to find reasons. I have documented this journey of hope and here it is presented to you today.

At first, I thought I would find 10 reasons why we should all have hope. But then the list grew. I found hope in the little things and in the big things and the list ended up reaching this point. At the end of it all, I want you to know that no matter what happens, how bad things can get, there is always hope. You should have hope because:

1. You are alive. I cannot stress this enough. You are here, you are here today and you are here right now. You are a living being in a beautiful body with complex thoughts and opinions and you are living.
2. You are loved. The people in your life love you very much.
3. You have a family that loves you. We are all most lucky to have parents who love us, siblings, cousins, uncles, aunts who may or may not show affection.
4. You have people who mean family. They may not be blood, but they are like family.
5. You deserve to have hope
6. You found a song that sings with your soul
7. You did something good today
8. Someone did something good to you today
9. You plan to do something good
10. You have done something good in the past and created memories
11. You smiled at someone today
12. someone smiled at you today
13. You remembered a memory from your childhood
14. You made a memory that will last
15. You have many days ahead of you full of new opportunities.
16. You have new chances every day
17. You have the power to make a difference
18. You stand up for what you believe in
19. You impacted someone’s life and you don’t even know it
20. You matter enormously and deeply.
21. You are brave
22. Dolphins can make noises that will melt your heart.
23. There are people who love your hopeful face.
24. There are people who would cherish your smile.
25. Ladybugs exist and they are the most adorable creations.
26. Puppy videos on YouTube.
27. The climate is improving
28. The population of endangered species is increasing
29. The bee population is recovering
30. The world is committed to fighting any crisis
31. We have the technology to go zero carbon
32. Technology is advancing every day
33. Internet exists.
34. YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or whatever your favorite app exists
35. You have access to the internet, which means you have access to endless resources
36. You can make a change
37. You have interesting and unique hobbies
38. You can work on things that interest you
39. You can create something beautiful
40. You can talk about your interests to people who are also interested
41. You can bond around common interests and learn new things
42. You can learn a new skill
43. You can choose a new hobby
44. You can publicize something you believe in
45. You can help make a change
46. You can help protect the world
47. You have amazing dreams and goals
48. You have achieved some of these goals
49. You will achieve the other goals in the future
50. You have distant dreams that you will realize
51. Your significant other wants you to be happy
52. There are beautiful experiences in life like:
53. Waking up with someone you love
54. Waking up earlier than anyone
55. watch the sunrise with someone
56. Watch the sunrise all alone
57. Drinking hot coffee early in the morning
58. Or maybe drink hot tea or any drink you like
59. Absolute morning silence only interrupted by nature and the occasional vehicle
60. The fresh morning air
61. The cool breeze in your hair and the smell of dawn
62. Waking up after everyone woke up on a lazy day
63. Sleep in bed in the afternoon
64. Evening naps
65. Naps when you feel tired
66. Naps when you’re not tired but bored
67. Fall asleep while watching TV
68. Fall asleep next to someone you love
69. fall asleep on someone you love
70. Fall asleep.
71. Sunshine
72. Cuddles
73. Cuddles
74. puppies
75. Kittens and baby cheetahs
76. Videos of babies learning to talk
77. Videos of you baby
78. Videos of your baby brother
79. Pictures from your childhood
80. Pictures of your family
81. Learn Family History
82. Understand your culture
83. Adopt a new tradition
84. Read the story that excites you
85. Read whatever interests you
86. Find an amazing book
87. Read an amazing book
88. Logging
89. Blogging
90. Share an amazing book
91. Eat your favorite food
92. Surprise someone with their favorite dish
93. surprise someone with kind words
94. Surprise someone with a kind gesture
95. Cook something you’ve never tried and it turns out amazing
96. The taste of the food you loved when you were a kid.
97. Watch something you watched as a kid
98. Watch the sunset
99. have a picnic
100. Wear a sweater in cold weather
101. Drink hot water
102. stay up all night
103. Spending hours talking to someone and not noticing the hours pass
104. enjoying someone’s company
105. Enjoying his own company
106. To love someone
107. Magnet yourself
108. Understand something faster than others
109. The sound of someone laughing at your joke
110. Eat junk food at midnight
111. Eat healthy foods and be aware
112. Exercise and feel healthy
113. Sleep and love yourself for who you are
114. Feel the sun on your skin
115. Feeling of nostalgia
116. Feeling of serendipity
117. Feeling sad, because if you can’t feel sad, you can never feel happy
118. feel joy
119. to feel loved
120. You should have hope because: You are alive