I’ve recognized that my mood and outlook has been boosted by infusions of hope. Some of this has been enabled by my perception of competent leadership. I also think I’ve been bolstered by developing my skills to describe a situation and desired outcome.  I’ve improved my ability to ask for what I want, believe I deserve such things, and will take up aligned actions. Hope also seems to grow when you give more head space to how it positively affected an outcome it the past. Think of a situation where you needed something, and something came through for you.  What happened?  What were your dominant thoughts?  How might recalling this situation feed you with hope for future challenges?  Write a few paragraphs on this.