潛獵筆記簿

"The very purpose of life is to find happiness. This is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we live in hope of something better. Hope means keeping going, thinking, ‘I can do this.’ It brings inner strength, self-confidence, the ability to do what you do honestly, truthfully and transparently."

- Dalai Lama

Then, how would you define "hope"?

"Hope is defined as the perceived capability to derive pathways to desired goals, and motivate oneself via agency thinking to use those pathways."

- C. R. Snyder

Snyder's hope theory: 

• Goals are abstract mental targets that guide human behaviors.
• Pathways thought entails the perceived ability to generate multiple routes to desired goals.
• Agency thought entails the perceived ability to initiate and sustain movement along a pathway.