Hope helps us to believe in possibilities. It tells us that good things can and do happen and it is up to us to pay attention. Certainly this is a better way to approach life than feeling hopeless.
If we have hope we are more likely to put in effort and make plans for ourselves, because we expect to make things happen. Of course hope does not mean things will happen the way we want them to but it puts us in a good frame of mind and encourages us to try; this is the first step to something occurring. ‘We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.’ Anais Nin. Without hope we would not try.
Like everything else it is about balance. If something has proved unlikely to happen with our effort then there will be a time to accept this and move on. Hope is a starting point but it would be foolish to hold on to it when reality points the other way. We can redirect that effort elsewhere without feeling wronged or punished. Life has something better planned for us and we need to reach out and accept it.
Are you someone who is scared of hoping for anything because you fear being disappointed? Do you hope more for things you want to create or things you would like to be given?
