"That's because...

"That's because you think of hope as something light and fragile. My version of hope has calluses and dirt under the fingernails and isn't past bringing brass knuckles to a fight." -freefall 10/30/2013 by Mark Stanley

I like this webcomic, always have. But this description of hope as a metaphor grabbed me, today. I have been given hope - and my hope has brought me so far, I can't see it failing now.