Is hope connected to wishing?

Question

Is hope related to wishing, wishing for things to be different than they are?

Can a life be lived without hope, is it even
necessary?

thanks.....☺

Answer 1

the definition of praying is "to wish"

life does go on without hope, but I am a hopeful person in the best of times.
In the darker times I find myself without hope long enough to regroup and find inspiration (hope)


hope is connected with wishing.....

either I 'wish' things to be different, then have an insight as to how it can happen allowing me to wish for that reality and believe hopefully that it will come about, or I hope I can get through something and wish for an 'answer' to the situation.

did that even remotely come out as sensible?

Answer 2

Both hope & wish pertain to the attitude of looking forward to something--hope suggests looking forward exclusively to some positive or favourable outcome; it could be well-founded in probability or completely beyond the pale of the possible. Wish suggests something considerably less plausible or likely than hope. Wish is also more "want" than hope. I don't agree with [flabbergasted] that this is a "flimsy argument." Of course, they are synonyms, & in that way, they're connected, but there are nuances of difference. Yes, I believe life can be lived without hope. We "hope" for things beyond our control, or otherwise, wouldn't we take action? If it's beyond our control, & we hope for it to happen or not happen, it will or won't anyway. Isn't it a rather "hopeless" waste of time to "hope?" Wishing, on the other hand, can be fun. Like having fantasies & dreams.

Answer 3

Though some will say 'I wish that didn't happen', a wish is more commonly an expressed desire in reference to your future. If your wish is to change something that already happened, it has nothing to do with hope.Hope is the a belief that this desire will be fulfilled. If it has already happened it wont matter how much you hope it will. However if this is a wish that you hope to attain in the future, they are definitely connected. You can live believing that you will never get what you want. But this in itself is a wish and hope relationship in the negative direction, that will ultimate fulfill itself just as a positive wish will. So in a negative situation it is not often referred to as hope but I relate to them in the expectation and fulfillment aspect.

Answer 4

More often than not hope is justified by action towards
the desired hope. Why should a miracle be expected if
no effort is contributed to reinforce the wish. Don't get
me wrong, if a comet descended on our planet and
nothing could be done in the short period then I would be
wishing. Usually, the things people hope for are within
their means of making the hope a reality.

Answer 5

caveat: this is a flimsy argument.

aren't they synonyms? so that makes them connected in some sense.

anyway, a wish is a longing or desire for something that one not necessarily wants fulfilled. for example, "i wish you were dead" does not necessarily mean that i want you dead. probably at the moment i could be angry at you and wishing some ill upon you casually. hope however, being that it has religious context, has qualities like a wish just that the hoper really wants what he hopes for to actually be fulfilled. the difference is just that, whether the person wants what they desire to be fulfilled in the strictest sense or not.

also, though hope and wishing are connected, but have difference, the main things is that hope as a religious tool does not bind god to make anything happen. so there is not expectancy of anything if one hopes since god is ultimately the decider. for god to be bound by hope, he becomes a slave to our wishes, like a genie, which god is not. so though wishing and hoping are synonyms, they are not the same thing.

Answer 6

Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. So hope is what sustains faith. Yes, life can be lived without hope, but it would be a sad existence. No, it's not necessary if you want to live in a life of misery. I prefer to hope in the good things life has to offer, and the universe presents. Knowing that it's my choice to except the blessings hope is offering or decline. Great question!

Answer 7

hope is connected to alot of things including wishing. I think hope is connected to wishing in the sense that you need to have an idea of what you're dreaming of inorder to have hope for it happening tomorrow. I dont believe life is ever without hope or love for one moment. Having hope is very necessary if you want progress in your life.

Answer 8

Wish and hope are both similar with a shade of difference: a wish is a desire that a thing an event will happen; hope is the belief that a thing or an event is going to happen...

Answer 9

A hope is a wish that lasts longer. Some wishes are dead hopes. A urning for?

'Can a life be lived without hope, is it even
necessary?'


No. Welcome to the land for the living dead. I hear coma patients may live for a long time.

Answer 10

You cannot experience the 'full aliveness' you long for - which is unique to each of us - without eventually giving up both hope and wishful thinking.

Our ego is consumed with thinking of things to do to get what it hopes for. Think of it as bad software to dump. Remembering what you love returns you (eventually) to 'being/having' or bliss/heaven.