The author, a suicide survivor, reflects on her struggles with bipolar disorder and the devastation of losing her family and financial stability. In April, National Hope Month, she questions the authenticity of hope. Despite feeling hopeless and overwhelmed by her circumstances, she identifies hope as essential, not as a promise but as a catalyst for action. Support from others, like her therapist and a caring employer, helped her discover the strength to rebuild her life and pay her debts, illustrating how hope often comes through the kindness of others.
Hope is not a feeling. Hope is not a wish. It does not guarantee rescue, nor does it erase pain. Hope dares us to believe - not that everything will be OK, but that something could be.
Hope was what made the doctors fight to bring me back. Hope redirected me from a blind alley to an open door, which appeared through Sharon, a store manager who took a chance on me when no one else would and gave me my first job.
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