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[[File:Dove with olive branch.png|thumbnail|right|300px|A dove carrying an olive branch is a symbol of hope, peace, and renewal. The image appears in the Bible and in Christian art and iconography.]]
'''Hope''' is the confident desire of attaining a difficult good in the future. Hope includes a willingness to engage in effort to overcome any obstacles to the [[General Goal|goal]]. Hope is also an expression of [[wishful thinking]], as for example to say, "I hope that __(a desired outcome will be realized)__." Hope is generally an outgrowth of the [[optimism]] that expects good in general, or the reasonable expectation that a particular kind of good very possibly might come, given the right circumstances, but without any absolute guarantee that it will be so.
'''Hope''' is the confident desire of attaining a difficult good in the future. Hope includes a willingness to engage in effort to overcome any obstacles to the [[General Goal|goal]]. Hope is also an expression of [[wishful thinking]], as for example to say, "I hope that __(a desired outcome will be realized)__." Hope is generally an outgrowth of the [[optimism]] that expects good in general, or the reasonable expectation that a particular kind of good very possibly might come, given the right circumstances, but without any absolute guarantee that it will be so.