WHO (2020) urged to magnify positive, hopeful stories of individuals with COVID-19. Life Satisfaction during and after COVID-19 context.
Findings have implications for efforts to sustain and promote Presence of Life Meaning explained almost 2/3 of Life Satisfaction 2 ) Optimism had the strongest positive effect on Hope Agency 3 ) Positive Emotions had the second strongest positive effect on Presence Quarantine : 1 ) Positive Emotions, Hope Agency, Optimism and Non-probability sampling, imbalanced sample regard ing gender, single method of data collection. Some study limitations were the cross-sectional design, TheĮffect of Positive Emotions on Presence of Life Meaning was positive, Presence of Life Meaning on Optimism were positive, significant but weak. The effects of Optimism and Presence of Life Meaning on HopeĪgency were positive, significant and strong (0.484 - 0.764). The effect of Positive Emotions on Hope Agency was not The effects of Positive Emotions, Presence of Life Meaning, Optimism and HopeĪgency on Life Satisfaction were positive and significant, from 0.265 - 0.402 (61.5%Įxplained variance). Good fit, model-based reliability, convergent/discriminant validity and strict Life satisfaction (SWLS), hope (AHS), life meaning (MLQ) and optimism (LOT-R).Ī Structural Equation Model (SEM) was specified. General population) completed self-report measures of affectivity (SPANE-8),
Satisfaction during early COVID-19 quarantine 2 ) the inter-relationships between hope, optimism, This is the hope we celebrate at Christmas.Effects of positive emotions, hope, optimism, and life meaning, on life Put your anchor down into the only fully secure hope this world has ever known: the hope that Jesus won for those who trust in him. But don’t count on my optimism to make it happen. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year. In Christ, “we have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure” (Hebrews 6:19). It is given by a Saviour who has already defeated death, so nothing can destroy it. It is based on God’s provision, so no human can steal it. This hope is bigger than all the troubles of the world put together, more stable than the ground under our feet, and it lasts longer, too. The secure, firm, unshakable thing that doesn’t evaporate like my optimism does in the face of difficult realities. His resurrection life is enough for any human, no matter how lost or broken or sinful or ashamed, to be fully restored.
HOPE AND OPTIMISM MEANING FULL
His death is enough to provide full forgiveness to anyone who comes to him. The invitation is not based on our status, goodness, or worthiness. He came to invite us to his feast (Matthew 22:1-14). He came to provide, in reality, for all our deepest needs for forgiveness, for peace, for joy, real love, and life that never ends. Jesus didn’t come to give us a friendly sentiment. It’s the difference between telling a starving man that you hope he gets dinner somehow and inviting him to a royal banquet. Yes, we use the same word for it-we still call it “hope”-but it’s not the same thing. No, when Jesus came to earth he did not come to bring the “I hope so” kind of hope, but something else entirely. That would have been a nice gesture, but it wouldn’t have been all that helpful. God did not take on our humanity and make himself into one of us just so that he could wish us a happy Christmas, expressing his sincere hope that things would improve for us somehow in the years to come. Then again, isn’t that what Christmas is for?
So I still hope you have a happy Christmas, but I’m also painfully aware that my positive thoughts won’t be able to make that happen for you. As much as I hate to admit it, sometimes my optimism is just plain wrong. Sometimes it’s not grand, it’s not good, and it’s not even fine. The only trouble with the whole thing is the trouble that keeps popping up and spoiling my optimistic outlooks. It comes naturally for me, so it’s no trouble. I can believe all the best things about your future and mine.
I’ve got so much optimism I can be an optimist for you as well, if you want me to. We don’t know what’s around the next corner, so we might as well be optimistic about it. Of course there’s probably nothing I can do to actually make that happen for most of you, but I hope it for you anyway. I hope your celebrations this month are trouble-free and full of joy, and I hope 2023 is better for you than 2022. I hope you have a happy Christmas, or a merry Christmas if you say it that way, and a happy New Year.
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