Do you think having hope is a form of denial?

Question: Do you think having hope is a form of denial!?

Is keeping hope just wishful thinking that can harm you!? Is it a waste of your energy!? What do you think!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Superb question!.

I believe that real hope springs from the acceptance of current realities provided one has a reasonably positive attitude!. Denial of current realities can only create delusions and false hopes that are most unlikely ever to be converted into reality!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think hope is a form of having faith in some situations!.
In really bad situations, I think hope is the ability to have an open mind and stand firmly and boldly express or even will the desire for an unlikely outcome in the face of dire circumstance!.
Without hope we don't have the ability to faith in anything!. Because faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If it is what keeps you moving in a direction that is in your best interest, then I consider it more of a high due to anticipation, and I don't consider this a waste of energy, it can be a force!. In any case where something is desired, effort has to be applied, as long as their is effort, it is not wasteful to have hope as long as the end goal is attainable and one has realistically observed the factors involved in achieving the goal!. "I hope I win the spelling be tonight"!. Well, of course you do!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.no, i like having hope especially in the darkest of times!.!.!.
!.!.!.hope, supports and parallels my dreams/goals in life!.!.!.
!.!.!.when i accomplish my dreams/goals, im reminded that there is hope even in the darkest of times of ones life!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

now that i think about it when you hope is when you think and do not do anything to solve a problem so I guess you are in denial!. You think you cannot solve a problem but it is false because everyone illuminates INFINITE POSSIBILITYWww@QuestionHome@Com

depends on what you for it,
hoping that you'll get younger is just fantasy,
hoping that a crisis in life will end soon is good,
sometimes that hope and the image you make in your mind leads you to that image finallyWww@QuestionHome@Com

No!. I think, having hope is not a form of denial!.
Yes, I agree with you, it is a wishful thinking but I think it cannot harm me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Denial, no!. That's like saying dreaming is a denial of our own consciousness!. (or sanity depending on how out there the dream is)Www@QuestionHome@Com

every thing is a form of denial even belief is a form of denial for you are denying some thing elseWww@QuestionHome@Com

No!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes it is look up defense mechanisms and its there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

YES, it is the source our greatest strength and our greatest weakness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com