Even the Word Hopeless isn't Void of Hope

“Even the word Hopeless…

...isn't void of hope." ~ Trollhunters

Yes, I just used a line from a animated show on Netflix for my title and opener. Trollhunters is a DreamWorks Animation show on Netflix and is one of my favorite shows to watch. Season 2 came out back in December, and this is one of the lines they say.

"Even the word hopeless, isn't void of hope."

Not only in the state of the show is this a great line, but I find it's a great line in general. People often feel hopeless of things. I'm feeling hopeless right now as I'm writing this. I've had a lot going on and just had my breaking point. Sometimes that breaking point can make you feel hopeless, feel like nothing you do now is going to fix anything. You just can't take anymore. You can't take anymore stress, not from life, or school. You hit that point where, when you're phone starts playing music in class cause you accidentally touched something and everyone stares at you and you just can't take it anymore. So you leave and go hide in the bathroom and cry for a while and then your teacher tells you that you can go home if you want. So then you go home and hide in your room. Your sister talks to you and it helps, and then your mom talks to you for a minute too and you feel a little better.

But it still doesn't fix everything does it? You still feel overwhelmed, and stressed and done with everything. You start losing hope in seeing an end to something.

Hope means that you have a feeling or expectation or desire for a certain thing to happen. It means you have trust in something or someone, or that you want something to happen.

Like I hope that I get good grades and do well this semester so that I can graduate in June. I know that this is possible for me, but right now I'm feeling very hopeless about it. I have so much going on and also only have 8 weeks of classes before I go onto placement. This can be very stressful for me. I also have had a lot happen in last little while and it's taking a toll on me.

I always have people tell me that they love how vulnerable I am. How willing I am to share my story with people. How open I am. But yet I still hold things in. I've been holding a lot in and finally lost it. I feel hopeless. I haven't had this feeling in a long, long time. But when I heard this line on my show I watch. It made me think.

They're right.

The word 'hopeless' has 'hope' right in it. I never thought of it like that before. But even when you're feeling hopeless, you still have hope that it will work out. That you'll get that good grade, or you'll make it through whatever you're dealing with right now. We never fully lose our hope. We always have a little bit of hope in us.

So hold on to that small hope. No matter how small it is, because that little piece of hope could what makes the difference.

"Even the word Hopeless, isn't void of hope." ~ Trollhunters.

~ Jenny