 We all know what it's like to go to bed at night with a heavy heart, desperately wishing that a problem we're facing will be solved by morning. That's not usually what happens, though. Most of the time, we emerge out of our bad experiences slowly. Think of hope as a process, like the transition of one season into the next. The cold and darkness of winter don't give way to warmer weather and the increased sunlight of spring all at once.