The opposite of hope is dread. There’s been a lot of talk about hope lately, but when I try the experiment Elizabeth Gilbert began, asking complete strangers, “What are you excited about right now?” the answers I tend to get initially (from people I know, so the answers are more relaxed) are often downright depressing, and nothing like the transformative stories she collected. What I am seeing is that many people don’t even think to be excited about love, adventure, fulfillme