This, of course, means too many things to do more than hint at here, but I???d like to (1) strongly recommend Joe Spencer???s recent book For Zion: A Mormon Theology of Hope and (2) note that a hopeful attitude is, to my mind, closely linked to the atonement and an ability to overcome negative thoughts and feelings, including feelings of discouragement, guilt, apathy/boredom/tedium, etc.