Intelligence is overrated. When people are overwhelmed by life, intelligence has very little to do with coping. It has very little to do with happiness. It has very little to do with general success in life. What mattered more is this life-sustaining force that is rooted in our relationship with the future: HOPE.
It is a gift - don’t surrender it. Hope gives us the power to effect change - designed for anyone to work through their struggles - don’t throw it away.
Hope is vital because when we LOSE HOPE (we call this “despair”) in the future, we LOSE JOY (we call this “grief” or “sorrow”) in the PRESENT because we have no firm foundation for confidence in the FUTURE. In short, the soothing balm of HOPE (allows us to) see heaven through the thickest clouds.
It has been said that the only things worse than insanity are despair and hopelessness. Hopelessness is dangerous because it leads to feelings of powerlessness. Powerlessness is dangerous because the inability to effect change is a desperate feeling and produces resignation.
Hope is not an emotion. Hope is not optimism. Optimism is an attitude. You think your future will be better than today. Hope without critical thinking is naïveté.
Blindly believing that everything will work out just fine produces resignation, for we have no motive to apply ourselves toward making things better.
Hope is belief plus action. It is both the belief in a better future and the action to make it happen. It's a way of thinking that has a huge influence in your behavior and in how you respond to various situations. Hope is a combination of your head and heart.
Hopeful people share four core beliefs:
- The future will be better than the present;
- I have the power to make it so;
- There are many paths to my goals;
- None of them is free of obstacles.
https://youtu.be/-MH2HNA4de4
How we think about the future—how we hope—determines how well we live our lives.
Please build up your hope. Then with hope to spare, help others build a future that is better than the present. Much better.
Are you going to finish strong?
It is a gift - don’t surrender it. Hope gives us the power to effect change - designed for anyone to work through their struggles - don’t throw it away.
Hope is vital because when we LOSE HOPE (we call this “despair”) in the future, we LOSE JOY (we call this “grief” or “sorrow”) in the PRESENT because we have no firm foundation for confidence in the FUTURE. In short, the soothing balm of HOPE (allows us to) see heaven through the thickest clouds.
It has been said that the only things worse than insanity are despair and hopelessness. Hopelessness is dangerous because it leads to feelings of powerlessness. Powerlessness is dangerous because the inability to effect change is a desperate feeling and produces resignation.
Hope is not an emotion. Hope is not optimism. Optimism is an attitude. You think your future will be better than today. Hope without critical thinking is naïveté.
Blindly believing that everything will work out just fine produces resignation, for we have no motive to apply ourselves toward making things better.
Hope is belief plus action. It is both the belief in a better future and the action to make it happen. It's a way of thinking that has a huge influence in your behavior and in how you respond to various situations. Hope is a combination of your head and heart.
Hopeful people share four core beliefs:
- The future will be better than the present;
- I have the power to make it so;
- There are many paths to my goals;
- None of them is free of obstacles.
https://youtu.be/-MH2HNA4de4
How we think about the future—how we hope—determines how well we live our lives.
Please build up your hope. Then with hope to spare, help others build a future that is better than the present. Much better.
Are you going to finish strong?
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