I will start by stating that I really like the quote from the book, "you can hope only for something you want, and if you really want it, you long for it." This really means alot to me because I have looked along this quote, I can tell you from personal experience that this is completely true. About 2 years ago I met this new girl in my biology class, Amanda, and lets just say I was hooked the moment I saw and got to know her. When I first started wanting to date her I could feel myself just wanting it. But as time went on I discovered that I was longing to be with her, she was all I thought about. Now I am happily in a relationship with her and I could not be happier. Long story short and as the book states, longing is an ingredient of hope.
Dreams coincide with hopes, they are things that we wish would happen and want to happen. I would say that to long for something, it is something that you constantly think about, something that your life won't be complete without. For example, one hopes for lots of money and all the things that money brings, but doesn't long for it because they are fine without lots and lots of money. In my mind there is a distinct difference between the two.
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