Today I am thankful for hope....for looking to the future with anticipation, for expecting miracles, for looking forward to new beginnings, fresh starts, for trusting the possibilities, for embracing the yes and all that is good.....for believing in what tomorrow will bring, for having faith that the sun will once again rise....and shine it's light on us.
The hour is late...and I still have a few tasks to do before I fall into bed, so I will just say this... There have been times in my life, when I had lost my hope. I was in a rough place and I didn't see my way out. I have also experienced times when hope was restored, when hope is present. Maybe being hopeful has a little to do with faith...maybe it is intertwined with prayer. But I know, that when I am hopeful, when my thoughts focus on the maybe and the possibly.....it just makes life a better place to be.....for me and all those around me. When I am hopeless...I become like a weight...pulling myself down, pulling everyone else down also.
So I will always hope for what is good and noble and beautiful...and what sometimes may seem a tad impossible. Maybe everything I hope for will not be realized...but I just know that by keeping hope in my heart, life feels better, life is better, I am better. Growth becomes possible...and.... some hopes and dreams will come true. Maybe, just maybe....wishing and hoping really can make it so....
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the wont's. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
~ Shel Silverstein
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