Hope
Hope is a terrifying idea. It is not faith because faith is a belief that something will be, while hope is the desired expectation of an outcome. It is a very different thing to have faith in heaven than to hope that there is such a place. Hope allows room for doubt. Faith does not. As someone with no faith, I find myself often hoping. In the face of hard decisions, I hope I make the right one. In my mind, no super human guiding force gives me the faith that I chose the right path. Rather than pray when a loved one falls ill, I hope that they recover. Hope is the knowledge that you are powerless, and that the universe will do as it pleases, and all you can do is hope that its actions are pleasing.
