We need to choose hope over happy. Hope will last. Happy is for a moment. We live in a hope-hungry world and what we magnify shapes our hope. We often use hope as a synonym for "wish." True hope is not a wish; its a marker for the unseen good that has yet to take place. Hope is a confident expectancy that burns bright even in the darkest night. True hope will change you. The birth of Christ let loose a hope that changed the world.