5 Strategies for Cultivating Hope This Year

Hope is built from a planning for success and nurtured with attention, community, and evidence

Optimism is the expectation that good things will happen; hope is the expectation that you can make them happen.Rido/Shutterstock

The raging coronavirus pandemic, along with political turbulence and uncertainty, have overwhelmed many of us.

From almost the start of 2020, people were faced with bleak prospects as illness, death, isolation, and job losses became unwelcome parts of our reality.