Hopeful
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Feeling or inspiring hope.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Somebody who is hoping for success or victory.
Example sentence: Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
Fortunate
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Coming by good luck or favorable chance.Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.Presaging happiness.Auspicious.Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.Lucky, favored by fortune.
Example sentence: I am fortunate to have the ability to lend my name to build the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne. It will be a state-of-the-art facility to help heal the whole person - body, mind and spirit.