Well I’m inviting you to think of hope this way in the context of peace and joy—for reasons that may be very obvious by now…however.. just in case I will clarify.
Developing apeace is not an accident and joy often comes to those who maintain hope.
Moron the next few days about hope…for now just consider the new meaning Ioffered here.
and have a great Monday (or whatever day it is when you are reading this.
Peace & Joy PEACE & JOY AND YOUR POWER OFHOPE
So what most people think of “hope” only a slice of what it really is and really takes. So you hear people say -‘at first we were or I was hopeful….but now I’m not so much so.” Or you hear some say there is little or no hope. Well under the wimpy definition of hope that most people employ… they are probably correct. today I am going to ask you to give hope a new meaning.
Instead of thinking of hope as a monolithic concept think of it as a complex powerful force within you that you have control over. I
So to begin with when I ask you to hope along with me… I will offer you this new definition in terms of an acronym .
H—is for Hard Work
O is for Optimism
P is for Persistent and
E is for Experimenting
If you want to have hope—then expect if you want it to pay off you are going to work hard at pushing life in the direction you hope to go. You have to want something badly enough to behave like you want it. Hope is not and cannot be a mystery to those around you. Let your network know this is what you want the universe to deliver (universe meaning the holy spirit —your friends—the force—whatever you determine ifs the most relevant in your situation) Simply work hard enough and let people know what direction you want to go.
Second being optimistic is critical for several reasons. Most important if your hope is going to come true you may have to be a leader of a small tribe who is pulling for you. If you say things like “I doubt this can happen but I hope we can do it.” It will be difficult to recruit the army you may need. Also if you don’t require optimism you will often fall prey to “energy vampires.” These are the people who well to put it in its simplest form… Aaare there people who exhaust you just by being around? They are vampires. Are there people who more or less demand an explanation for everything you propose? They are vampires. You might not immediately identify these folks as naysayers because they sometimes come along with the cause and are “helpful…but they do little to boost the control of your hope.
Persistence …. There is a real misconception that hope is momentary and linear concept that doesn’t require you to fall down and then get up again—hope springs eternal because that’s what it takes sometimes. To getwhatyou hope for you sometimes have to take a run or two at the wall or chip away the canyon by chipping away at it or running the water over it for a while…sometimes
E is for Experiments… Well part of that persistence thing is being willing to try several things —some of which will not work. However if you look at life as an experiment then “failures become “findings” and clues to further research. You are giving things not only a second try…but a smarter or wiser try. The key component to this aspect of hopeis that a scientist or researcher rarely views themselves as failing as long as they are learning. In this way a mistake may not be the end of hope but something that makes your ultimate goal or plan more likely.
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