Hope

They say that hope is perhaps one of the most strongest element to keep a person going no matter what the circumstances. A cancer patient often finds solace and encouragement in the hope that his doctors will rid him of his cancer thus allowing him to live a little longer to take care of his family. A distraught mother often prays and hopes that her rude son would one day turn over a new leaf and repent his mistakes. Just like how the news of arriving reinforcments would boost a soldiers morale to fight on eventhough he has lost his entire battalion and the enemy is closing in fast. A person on the verge of suicide can be stopped b an excellent negotiator who offers him hope of a better life.
They say that to take hope away from someone is cruel. What if all these people were robbed of their hope? The cancer patient would have died and who would be there to look after his family? The mother would have written off her son thus creting another menace to society. The soldier would have given up fighting thus loosing his army a strategic stronghold, The suicidal person would have jumped and would have caused devastation to his loved ones.
Therefore, no matter what the circumstances. Hope should never be taken away from someone. A life without hope is like a body without its bones. Everything would just collapse.