Hopeful

26.30 | A story from awhile ago...

"You can always hope"

A quote from my roommate. We were in the middle of pulling an all-nighter programming computer code for our GigaPet project. As we struggled and struggled to get it to work our hope was quickly fading away. It was like solving a puzzle with all the pieces being the same color. So there we were, conserving the last sips of Coke we had just to maintain energy and there I am hopeless.

"I don't think we can do this," I blurted out.

And then he said it. One of the most uplifting things I've heard in quite some time. It opened my eyes, lifted my spirit.

That was a time of hope. The renewal of my body and soul. A light in the dark. A flower in the thorns. I was perfectly still and soothed just because I can always hope.