It's okay to hope

In 2010 I had a conversation online with someone, about where to get my first tattoo done. After this guy had given me the advice I had asked for, I mentioned that I wasn't going to get my tattoo done yet as I was due to go into hospital and didn't want to have to look after it while I was in there. He said he hoped I wasn't going in for anything serious. I said no, it's nothing serious. I was wrong.

I don't want to be wrong again.

Sometimes that stops me from saying things. The other day I was texting my boyfriend and we were talking about the holidays we have planned. I text him saying it's going to be a good year. And as soon as I sent it, I regretted it. Because what if that's not true? What if it's going to be a bad year? I didn't want to tempt the universe to prove me wrong. Which I know is silly. Because it's okay to be hopeful, right? I was listening to Better Open The Door by Motion City Soundtrack the other day, and it goes:

"And it's all uphill from here, at least I hope so."

And that reminded me that it's okay to hope that things are going to turn out well. Sometimes that's all we have.