Hope isn't merely optimism—it's a deliberate choice we make repeatedly, sometimes against evidence. What distinguishes Reeve's observation is that he speaks from hard-won knowledge; a man who faced paralysis understood that hope requires active commitment, not passive waiting. When a parent decides to believe in their struggling child's potential despite setbacks, or when someone returns to job applications after dozens of rejections, they're exercising this precise kind of chosen hope—the stubborn decision to believe before the facts warrant it. The "anything's possible" that follows isn't naive; it's the permission slip we grant ourselves to stop shrinking our own futures.