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The Hope Inventory

1. When you imagine life getting better, what is your first reaction?

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Q1

A

Excitement

B

Skepticism

C

Fear

D

Numbness

E

“Don’t get your hopes up”

2. When something in you wants a different life, what usually happens?

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2. When something in you wants a different life, what usually happens?

A

I feel curious

B

I look for someone else to tell me if it’s okay

C

Guilt shows up

D

Fear shows up

E

I shut the thought down

3. Which word feels closest to your relationship with hope right now?

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Q3

A

Energizing

B

Distant

C

Dangerous

D

Hard to locate inside myself

E

Painful

4. When you think about building a life you actually want, what feels most true?

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4. When you think about building a life you actually want, what feels most true?

A

That feels exciting

B

That feels scary

C

I honestly don’t know what I want

D

I need certainty before I can move

E

That feels selfish

5. If something good begins to feel possible, what do you tend to do?

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5. If something good begins to feel possible, what do you tend to do?

A

Lean in

B

Prepare for disappointment

C

Look for reassurance

D

Assume it won't last

E

Push the thought away

6. Growing up, hope usually meant:

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6. Growing up, hope usually meant:

A

Trusting God

B

Waiting for God to act

C

Believing God had a plan

D

Enduring hardship faithfully

E

I’m not sure

7. When you need guidance, what is your first instinct?

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7. When you need guidance, what is your first instinct?

A

Trust myself

B

Ask other people what they think

C

Look for certainty

D

Second-guess myself

E

Freeze

8. If you had to make a major life decision completely on your own, what feels truest?

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8. If you had to make a major life decision completely on your own, what feels truest?

A

Empowering

B

Terrifying

C

Irresponsible

D

Confusing

E

Impossible without guidance

9. If you let yourself hope for something, what worries you most?

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9. If you let yourself hope for something, what worries you most?

A

I'll be disappointed

B

I won't know how to live without certainty

C

I'll want something I can't have

D

Everything might have to change

E

People might not understand

10. When you think about trusting your own voice, it feels:

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10. When you think about trusting your own voice, it feels:

A

Exciting

B

Foreign

C

Dangerous

D

I don't know what my own voice sounds like

E

I need someone else to confirm it

11. How does the future feel to you right now?

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11. How does the future feel to you right now?

A

Hopeful

B

Unclear

C

Threatening

D

Blank

E

Only manageable if I know the plan

12. Which statement feels most true?

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12. Which statement feels most true?

A

Hope comes easily for me

B

I want hope, but I don't really know how to access it

C

Hope feels unsafe

D

I don't trust hopeful feelings

E

Hope has usually lived outside of me

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