I totally agree with XVERB. Hope can never be totally lost, and should you get down, that's what friends are for. True friends would stick with you and try to help you.
What if you lost your way on a mountain trail?
I would turn around and pick it up. Just kidding. I would do as dair5 said, pick a way (preferably downhill) and stick with it.
I can't see myself doing that, as "losing track of time" implies that one is following some kind of specific schedule, and that they have to do something at a specific time....or else.
Schedules are for people with lives.
What if you lost hope?
I'd go back to the Dollar Tree and get some more. Who cares if it's a little past the expiration date?
What if you lost your way on a mountain trail?
It's a trail. It's specifically created so exactly that doesn't happen to you.
If I got myself lost on a marked trail, I deserve to die alone in a sea of evergreen trees and hungry critters.
