Introduction to a Story of Hope

You've been there, right?  That point when you realize you're completely helpless?  Its taken me long enough to realize (I'm optimistic to the point of obstinacy, more than less) but some keenly impossible situations and two diligently-deflating car tires later, I've finally arrived!
  To my delight, however, my disappointment lasted all of a second and a half.  No sooner had I taken account of the improbability of making level any of these scenarios on my own than my heart surprised me, giving off a laugh as sweet and incomprehensible and good as a Crayoned scribble-message from a little cousin.  Just like that, in my very own heart, I had become the perplexed new keeper of the oddest and most hopeful peace I could ever even begin to imagine. 
The laugh subsided into a small, cheerful whispered assurance. 
You see it now, don't you?  I'm going to make this so, so good!