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Hopeful

Hopeful, always gonna be hopeful/ Hopeful, that's all I am -Teitur- When I was growing up, the only time that unfair things really seemed to happen were during school. Heaven forbid that something really awful should happen during summer or (gasp) Christmas break. However, as I have grown I have had to face what everyone faces:  Unfairness in life has no off season.  January has always seemed to me to be such a hopeful time. Yes, it's snowing in a lot of places, and the days can be dreary, but I can also set goals, find new ideas, and reset my life. Looking at all those goals always feeds this hope inside me that maybe after I have met those envisioned finish lines, maybe then I will be better, maybe then I will be everything I want to be. Maybe all this hoping will change something.  And then LIFE. UNFAIRNESS. WARS. DISEASE. HATRED. Oh, right, I forgot. No off season to life, no stopping any of this, no saying "This is NOT what I wanted for my friend, m