The link between gratitude and hope.
The report, which was conducted by Iza Kavedija, Ph.D., of the University of Exeter, focused on people in their 80s and 90s, via long-term ethnographic fieldwork near Osaka.
The older community was found to foster feelings of quiet hope, with a belief that things would work out somehow (the term used is
nantonaku, which loosely translates to for some reason or another ). In essence, they accepted the uncertainty of their future and didn t allow it to stop them from living an engaging life which provided peace of mind, and a sense of hope or optimism.