theology of hope

The theology of hope postulates that the future is more important than the past. The present is merely an instrument to realize the future. But doesn't the future become the past as time passes? So where do we place our hope? Are we to expected to constantly re-orientate our hope as and when the future becomes the present? Isn't there something constant we can project our hope towards? I guess from a secular perspective there isn't. We constantly hope for things to work out, for things to get better. Hope isn't tagged to an absolute event. Hope is always in relation to the future. And that's why it's so great! Hope can never go wrong. Because it can never be proven wrong. Because it hasn't happened yet. That's why hope works. That's why we all have hope. That's why hope is able to keep us going.

This concept of infallible hope makes me wonder: does hope have any inherent value, other than the value that we ascribe to it? The American housing bubble right now, the high-tech bubble in 2001. The inflated value couldn't be sustained indefinitely and eventually the bubbles burst. And chaos ensued. What if hope is indeed overrated. And people suddenly stop having hope. And we live in and for the now. Only the now. The implications are quite scary.

Moving on...

I almost bought berms that looked like boxers today. Thank God I tried them on first.

Depot Road has a hawker centre with a wine cellar. And why this had to happen only after I stopped working at DTT B, i don't know.

I have an interview assignment tmr and one of the questions could be to identify my weakness. But I can't think of any. :) :(

- i like clingy babies -