Hope it or Forget it!
Hope is a potent virtue. It nudges us forward with a strange expectation of rewarding outcomes, even in the face of ominous circumstances. Let’s use an example from annals of the ancient world. Once upon a time, Benhadad king of Syria besieged Samaria, capital of Israel’s northern kingdom. Consequently, the city was famished for lack of supplies. Famine was so […]