Holding on to HOPE

So I'm grasping onto hope now that my 2ww is winding down. Think positive, be positive, have hope, etc. So I looked up the word "HOPE" online and this is what it says on Wikipedia. I thought it was very interesting and inspiring...

Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Hope implies a certain amount of perseverance — i.e., believing that a positive outcome is possible even when there is some evidence to the contrary. Beyond the basic definition, usage of the term hope follows some basic patterns which distinguish its usage from related terms:

• Hope as an emotion produces a motivation to act. For example, if one has hope a bus driver will wait for them, that person may be motivated to run towards it; but if the bus begins to pull away and the person loses hope they can catch that bus, they lose motivation and stop running. Similarly, if standing at a bus stop hopeful a bus is soon forthcoming, one may be motivated to remain at the stop. If that one loses hope that a bus will come shortly, that person might lose motivation to stay waiting and might try to hail a taxi or just walk.
• Hope is passive in the sense of a wish or a prayer - or active as a plan or idea, often against popular belief, with persistent, personal action to execute the plan or prove the idea. Consider a prisoner of war who never gives up hope for escape and, against the odds, plans and accomplishes this. By contrast, consider another prisoner who simply wishes or prays for freedom, or another who gives up all hope of freedom.

Some "hope" related quotes that inspire me and put me at ease...

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. - Allan K. Chalmers

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. - Dale Carnegie

If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hope is not a dream but a way of makes dreams become reality. - Unknown

Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn't permanent. - Jean Kerr

Please Lord, allow me to hang onto hope and remain positive through the end of this wait. Please give me peace and be there with me as I get the results of this cycle. Thank you for being there for me and for holding me up through these past 2 weeks and allowing me to never give up hope. Amen.