--- title: Always Have Hope date: 2007-02-02T13:43:54Z modified: 2007-02-02T13:43:54Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/always-have-hope/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 95 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2007-02-02T13:43:54Z tags: - Life Poems --- hope that I will always be for each person what he or she needs me to be. I hope that each person’s death will diminish me, but that [fear of my own will never diminish my joy of life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/fear-life.md). I hope that [my love](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/where-is-my-love.md) for those whom I like will never lessen my love for those whom I do not. I hope that another person’s love for me will never be a measure of my love for him or her. I hope that everybody will accept me as I am, but that I never will. I hope that I will always ask for forgiveness from others, but will never need to be asked for my own . . . I hope that I will always recognize my limitations, but that I will construct none. I hope that loving will always be my goal, but that love will never be my idol. I hope that everyone will always have hope. By Henri Nouwen