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Living in a technical world we often assess situations in terms of cost benefit analysis-- whether we realize it or not. Is my utility best used in this capacity or in another one? While this line of thinking is practical and very applicable in countless situations, it nonetheless is inherently flawed due to its reliance on rationality. For when humanity attempts to calculate each risk, planning for the effects of our actions we eventually begin to lose our humanity. In approaching the topic of hope it is necessary to acknowledge our reliance on rationality because without doing such, we inevitably fall into a technical or rational way of thinking about hope. We think that if we perform x, y and z that all will fall into place, and if it does not we recognize that all will work out eventually. Hope is not necessarily this though. It is something incomprehensible to the human mind—it is the mercy of God in its highest form which renders unforeseen and epic change. The idea of hope has been morphed into tacky greeting cards and kitschy slogans, even though it entails much more. Due to the commercialization of hope though--it is often written off and thought dismissible, a fool’s gold if you will. Hope like faith however, is something which is not seen yet understood, recognized on a supreme level resonating within the human psyche, and a manifestation of divinity and its power in its purest form. Hope is the cause for rejoicing when all rationality rails against it.