How To Stay Hope-Full in Hope-Less Times
March 18, 2010
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Hope is belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one’s life. Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.
Yesterday I got a call from a twenty three year old girl. The first thing she said to me was, “I just don’t want to live anymore. Life is so full of pain and so is the world.”
I know exactly what she means.
These are particularly dark times. We living in a dark age, one that has been predicted for thousands of years.
In times like these it’s easy to feel hope-less, but inside of every challenge is a hidden opportunity. These times challenge us to dig down under the layers of life and find our inner resources of strength and resiliency. These are skills that we need anyway but difficult times give us the opportunity to find them.
So how do we have optimism and resilience in these most challenging times?
To weather these times, we need to put on the hat of the optimist. An optimist is someone who believes in the inherent goodness in people and situations. It’s a way of seeing the world through knowing that all situations work out for the best in the end.
That doesn’t mean that we ignore events or situations around us. It’s not a head in the sand kind of optimism.
It is optimism based on the inherent goodness of life.
So how can we have this kind of optimistic faith when everything seems so bleak at times? The answer is we must. Optimism is not based on what we see, but based on what we know to be true about life itself. If we don’t have a basic unshakable faith in life itself, then we are going to be in big trouble during times like these.
If you don’t have it now, then start building this for yourself. Really dig down under the layers and ask yourself what is life really all about at it’s core. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it neither? Is it both?
This is the perfect time to find your faith and belief in life because if you don’t have that, you don’t have anything.
Dark times call for unshakable belief and optimism in the inherent goodness of life. They challenge us to the nth degree because they test us to dig down to our foundation and hold firm to that which is unshakable.
We can do it. We can seize the opportunity that these times have to offer us. To be happy, kind and hope-full about life in the midst of challenge is the greatest gift that we can give to ourselves and the world around us.
Today find that which is unshakable in you. Grab hold and hold firm.
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Great Post Annie! It is not the circumstances in my life that drives my life, or happiness… It is how I react to the circumstances… (faith)
What is truly really painfill to see/observe is this sense of “entitlement” in our culture…. (BIG PHARMA has a profitable/LIE for YOU: Prozac, Ritalin, Xanax, Soma, etc)
Happiness is diguised as work…. little choices each moment that make a HUGE impact on your life!
Life is Great!
Blessings, Brian-