SEVEN CHARACTERISTICS OF HOPE

1. Hope "lights a candle" instead of "cursing the darkness."
2. Hope opens doors where despair closes them.
3. Hope looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst in them.
4. Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot be done.
5. Hope draws its power from a deep trust in Allah and the basic goodness of mankind.
6. Hope regards problems, small or large, as opportunities.
7. Hope cherishes no illusions, nor does it yield to cynicism.