. >> say thank you to kira shira. i have been asked to stay just a couple of words about hope. do not want to take a lot of time. it is something worth talking about, especially in times in which we could cautiously remark about the dark. wars, a lot of turmoil, a lot of struggle. some people think about hope as a wish. i wish i get a new bike for christmas. i hope this, i hope that happens. actually it is quite powerful and there is a rational reason for believing in hope. will we think about the situation that we would like to say, there are only three things that could happen. it could be all the way we want. to go in a way that we do not care about, or eight ago negatively. so, when we talk about hope, if we say, well, i really want this to happen and i want to contribute my energy to making this happen, the hope is actually the energy that will get this out and commit us to doing this, because it is hope that will make us feel happy. it is hope that will make us feel curious about the outcome, it is hoped that will make us feel eager to put our shoulders to the wheel. we a