Inspire hope because hope is to cherish a desire with anticipation: to want something to happen or be true, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Hope is the level that all people are desiring. To inspire hope in individuals means to bring them to a level of what they desire because “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”, from the Preamble of our US Constitution. This was to inspire hope among all Americans and not just a few. We all desire for our nation to be great because we want to be great and the hope of being great is in each one of use to inspire it. Great as a noun in Merriam-Webster is an outstandingly superior or skillful person. As an adjective it talks about being notably large is size, of a kind characterized by relative largeness —used in plant and animal names, to elaborate or amble, a large in number or measure, etc. The common tread is great is to be larger than life and be recognized as a outstandingly skillful person. To be great is something to strive for by providing hope and inspire others to do the same. Through greatness comes the ability of becoming legendary. Legendary in Merriam-Webster is of, relating to, or characteristic of legend or a legend or well-known/famous. Many individuals that inspire hope, were great, and became legendary and we all know them well through history in great detail. The question that needs to be asked in today’s society what would you like to be know for?
Me, I like to be well-known for inspiring hope, being great, so that one day I might become legendary. This is a task not taken lightly and should be emulated in everything I am striving for. To be great is hard in a world of negativity but every positive light that is coming through a veil of negativity, it can still make it through. Be that light by inspire hope and bring on greatness, so that people you helped will know that you are legendary one of a kind. Food for thought and may everyone carpe diem.