Daily musings #591 - Sunday, 4 September 2022
I hope I am going to be okay.
I trust I am going to be okay.
Two similar beliefs, but one infinitely stronger than the other. If you imagine a future, are you not better off imagining a stronger future that could be more accretive to you? Isn’t the future going to play out the same way anyway, irrespective of your beliefs?
trust — (from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’)
(n) firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.
(v) believe in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of. having faith or confidence; hope
hope — (of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop)
(n) a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. a feeling of trust.
(v) want something to happen or be the case.