The goal of this book is to provide the reader with the research findi ngs from international qualitative human science studies on hope condu cted in nine countries including Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Ja pan, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. All th ese studies were guided by the human becoming theory and were conducte d using the Parse research methodology. The findings from these qualit ative research studies enhance the knowledge base on the phenomenon of hope, shed new light on its meaning, and expand understanding of huma n becoming theory.