Losing All Hope Was...

I was watching a movie called Fight Club directed by David Fincher. The movie is based on a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk.

In the first 10 minutes of the movie, there was line that struck me, it was said by Edward Norton in the movie.

"Losing all hope was freedom"

At the moment of hearing this, I was like "This is tremendously profound". Paused the movie for a bit to reflect on the idea.

Naval Ravikant says, "Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want". Think of all the expectations you have.

The very base of "hope" is the element of expectation. An expectation for something bigger. You are trapped by the expectations of yourself, hope for something new snatches away your freedom. The freedom to be at peace. Peace being the state where you don't desire for changes.