Thought is time. Always of the past as memory. The description of what has happened, not what is happening. Hope is a measurement of time. One hopes to change, but always tomorrow, never now. One must see, hope is a barrier to Truth. Without hope, there is peace. A peace no one would ever hope to leave. Perhaps one can see that it is hope that prevents peace, and is the opposite of faith. From this peace, there is a force of intelligence that takes control, as creation contains no fragment not of itself. Compassion, which is creation, will always care for those without hope. For faith can...