How do you live inside hope?
…if you’re lucky, you’ll find a way to live inside hope, running down its hallways touching the walls on both sides.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Puts me in mind of the time I learned to dance on a moving log…
Hope arouses a passion for the possible.
— William Sloan Coffin
There I was, arms flailing in a desperate attempt to stay upright on the suspended rough hewn pine log… consumed with the fear of falling… ready to give up almost before I’d begun… Continue reading » Touching the Walls on Both Sides
Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.
— Marianne Williamson
Are you living a script that you never consciously chose? I find that I’m not actually living the script, but that some part of me wishes that I were.
What my parents wanted for me was a conventional life. To them, conventional equaled safe. And safe equaled going to a “good” college, and getting a “good” job. Dad probably assumed that I’d get married, but Mom was so unhappy that she hoped that I wouldn’t. At that point, she thought that happiness meant being Continue reading » Recreating Our Stories
To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
— Anonymous
Recently I received the following story in an email. I don’t know who wrote it as it wasn’t attributed to anyone when I received it. If you know who wrote it, please let us know.
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, “This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to Continue reading » From Gratitude Comes Hope
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
— Oscar Wilde
Is it just that we become more aware as we get older or are things really getting worse? I ask this because this has been a horrible month for news. Just consider the following:
Last week, a trainer at Sea World was killed by one of the killer whales that she trained. Friends and family all stated that she would not want the whale destroyed. It was like one of her children. Well, occasionally kids do kill their parents but usually that’s a sign of something being terribly, terribly wrong. Ya think??!! This trainer was the Continue reading » Six Ways to Increase Your Hope
Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.
— Burt Rutan
At dog park the other day, my neighbor asked me if I had seen the latest Time Magazine. He explained that according to Time, the last decade, from 2000 to the present, had been the decade from hell. At first I didn’t want to read it but I decided that it might be interesting to see what had caused them to designate the last 10 years as the “decade from hell.”
Some of the things included in the article were:
- The 2000 election with its disputed results
- September 11th
- The war in Afghanistan
- The war in Iraq
- December, 2004 tsunami
- Katrina
- Recession
- Bernie Madoff
- Disintegration of Detroit
- Guantanamo
Yes, there definitely were some challenges in the last 10 years. AND there definitely is a bias to see things as only negative. Although none of us would have chosen these events if we were given a choice, I find the list to be hopeful – here’s why: Continue reading » The Decade of Testing
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