a have hope

We are all familiar with the typical end of the year high school/junior high yearbook entries.  Things such as, "stay cool!"  or "have a great summer".  Most of them are quite forgettable and very shallow.

Perhaps the most profound and memorable yearbook entry in the history of mankind is the following: 

It is an entry in my sister's yearbook by one of her friends from high school.  The author is someone who was considered "slow", yet her profound words were wise beyond her years.

A have hope is a phrase used often in our family.  And has been for years -- ever since my sister received such profound advice in her yearbook from her friend.

Why is hope so important?

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said, "Each time a hope is fulfilled, it creates confidence and leads to greater hope." and "Hope has the power to fill our lives with happiness."

“Press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.”-- 2 Nephi 31:20

"This is the quality of hope we must cherish and develop. Such a mature hope comes in and through our Savior Jesus Christ, for “every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as [the Savior] is pure.”-- President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I echo the wise words of a young high school girl to her friend, "a have hope".

That's my two cents.