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Today's
Meditation:
There have
been times when I've felt that I had run out of
hope. Those were the darkest of days, for my loss of
hope meant that I saw no way out of any current problems I
might have had, that I saw no possibility of change for the
better in my situations. When hope was gone, then it
seemed impossible that anything would get any better at
all, and that was truly a miserable feeling.
Fortunately, that never lasted long because I forced
myself to look for hope, to convince myself that things
would, indeed, get better. If I hadn't been able to
do that, I don't know what would have happened.
Hope
is our capacity for recognizing that somewhere in the
future, things will work themselves out for the better, my
efforts will come to fruition, my tenacity and
perseverance will be rewarded. Hope is knowing that
even if what I want to happen, doesn't happen, things will
be okay, and probably even better. When I know this,
I can move from being passive to being active, trying to
bring about the best possible outcome from the situation.
Hope
helps us to tolerate the down times or the bad behaviors
because we know that things will get better and people will
learn. We have to embrace hope, though-- we have to
invite it in, trusting that it won't let us down. We
have to foster it and keep it strong because if we don't,
it will wither and die. It's not a self-regenerating
element; it needs us to help it not just to survive, but
to prosper and flourish.
Hope
can be your best friend, your most loyal friend.
Sometimes you may not understand what it's trying to tell
you or how it can be so positive in negative times, but
that's okay-- we don't have to understand hope to let it do
its thing. Give hope a chance in your life and treat
it well, and it will give you many gifts that will
brighten your life considerably.
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