“I hope you are well”
“I hope we solve this issue soon”
“I hope I am able to take some time off”
“I hope my efforts lead to a positive outcome”
The COVID-19 lockdown opened our eyes to the power of hope. To hope it will all be over, to hope our family/ friends will get better and to hope we wouldn’t fall sick. During these times, all the joys of life had seemed stripped away from us, however Paulo Cohelo reminds us that “In dire times you can lose joy, but you can’t lose hope. Hope is your guide.”
Despite in a life changing position Anne Frank supports Paulo’s idea when she shares how, “Where there is hope, there is life”. When we believed it would be over soon excitement filled our homes, when we believed our family/ friends would get better gratitude filled our hearts and to have not fallen sick filled our lives with health.
With hope in our lives we seek to make our lives better one way or another. Hope helps us to define our future, to visualise where or who we want to be, what we want to have and what we want to do.
However, hope is not enough, it requires us to take deliberate action. Nelson Mandela guides us towards what action we should take: “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” Helen Keller’s idea that “Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” supports Nelson and reminds us of the power of hope when acted upon.
What life do you Hope to attain, what impact do you Hope to make?
