[Source](https://crisbeasley.substack.com/p/what-to-do-when-youre-out-of-hope-faith?r=99ka&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true) > “Hope is a strange thing, a currency for people who know they’re losing. The more familiar you are with hope, the less beautiful it becomes.” > – [Frankie in](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUsUY4SogzI) *[16 Years of Alcohol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUsUY4SogzI)* --- ##### **1 – The Reformer** *Is your hope just a way to avoid forgiving the world for being broken? Who are you if there’s nothing left to fix?* --- ##### **2 – The Helper** *When you give so much and still they don’t come through—do you hope harder? Or do you finally admit: you’ve trained them to suck you dry?* --- ##### **3 – The Achiever** *What if your most polished hope is the most strategic lie? Who are you without the story of “almost there”?* --- ##### **4 – The Individualist** *Is hope your last romantic gesture toward the idea that your pain means you’re special? What if it doesn’t?* --- ##### **5 – The Investigator** *Have you mistaken hope for a loophole—a way to keep watching life without stepping in? What would it take to let your body risk knowing?* --- ##### **6 – The Loyalist** *Have you outsourced your hope to authority so you never have to choose for yourself? What if there’s no one coming?* --- ##### **7 – The Enthusiast** *Do you pile on new hopes to avoid grieving the last ones? What if joy isn’t what you feel when things go well, but what survives when they don’t?* --- ##### **8 – The Challenger** *What if your hope that you’ll never need anyone is the most tender part of you? Can you admit that without flinching?* --- ##### **9 – The Peacemaker** *Have you used hope to stay quiet—dreaming things will change if you wait long enough? What if your voice is the only thing that will move it?*