“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and
sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.”
Emily Dickinson
“The definition of hope is you still believe even when it is hard.”
Barack Obama
Hope is a funny sort of thing. Hope is both a “positive” and a “negative”
to the extent that maybe one’s point of view. Positive because the very
word “hope” is uplifting when we hear it, conjuring up the image of
better days ahead. At the same time “hope” is a negative because it
would suggest we are currently at present in a terrible, awful, or low
spot and we may very well be. We “hope” to get out of it, but at the
same time our current struggles, lows, and battles are what make us
better; we improve from getting through them, so hope, like destiny
or fate, is really us struggling through our current predicament and
coming out the other side, then eventually doing something similar all
over again. Bottom line is hope is what we make it. Mark Manson has
a great book, Hope is F*****, if you can get past the title, it’s a very
well researched and thought-out practical read. Abe Lincoln said the
best way to predict the future is to create it, one could also say the
best way to have hope is to create it. Hope, faith, love, joy, grace are
the things that help us get through some of our darkest hours of need.
Our low points. That point of the race where the excitement of the start
is over, and we are not quite at the point where we can sense or see
the finish line. Hope. How though can we use hope and faith when
we are on a high point, or a peak? Believe in better. Hope for even
greater heights and peaks. Soaring to new heights because there are
no limits. Things are never as bad as they seem, nor are they ever as
good as they seem. Hope, faith, the power of now, being satisfied with
what you have, and not longing for something else. Believe in better.
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