The Self In Self-Harm

Hope is an elusive concept. I can remember in 2018 a world-renowned chef and a world-renowned designer both committing suicide within days of one another. I remember thinking again that hopelessness is rampant, even for those at the top of their respective professions.

I must guard my heart. I can get caught up placing my hope in a person, thing or circumstance and never obtain it and become hopeless. I can place my hope in a person a thing or circumstance and obtain it and say, “Is this all there is?” Discovering that my hope was, as it turns out, misplaced.