The Power of Hope

“Where there is no hope, the people perish”

We all have days where we feel we just can not survive. Sometimes dreams are shattered, friendships fall apart, loved ones hurt us, finances worry us, sickness overtakes us, we may even lose people we love but there is always hope. Never lose faith and hold onto that hope….

Hope is basically what causes us to think we?can get through this and we can do greater things.’ It keeps us going during the most difficult times of life and is one of the most amazing gifts we can give to others. It has the power to transform what we believe and expect. “Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible” (Helen Keller). It enables us to see possibility in our problems and gives us confidence that we can create change and improve our quality of life. Hope gives us a reason to live. The only thing left to do when a person’s hope is gone is to bury them. It is the one thing we cannot do without.?

Hope is a major difference maker in our lives. It fuels our imagination, increases the momentum of team work and encourages people to take calculated risks with a confident expectation of receiving a reward. Hope changes how we see ourselves, how we view others and how we approach our circumstances. It has the power to alter what we value and directly affects what we do with our talents, time and resources. Our situations can be exactly the same, but we can feel completely different about them when one little thing happens – when we have hope. Hope is the tipping point between impossible and possible. When you remove the word impossible from your thinking, you automatically raise your potential for achieving.

Having hope means we are focusing on what we can do instead of fixating on what we cannot do. In order to have hope, we must take control of our attitude and discipline ourselves to stay positive when everything inside of us screams defeat.

When you have Hope:

1.????You will draw opportunities and people to you.?

2.????You will become more creative.?

3.????You will overcome obstacles.?

4.????You will have a reason to face every day with enthusiasm and excitement.?

Some ways to become more hopeful:

·??????Choose to be positive, eliminate negative self-talk in your head, and focus on what could go right.

·??????Spend time with others who have hope – Hope is contagious

·??????Help others change their way of thinking. – Leaders are sellers of hope. What are you selling?

To provide hope for others, you need to have hope inside your heart. It might take some practice to become more hopeful but, when you do, it will have great benefit for you, as well as for the people around you.?

We are in a time that this is also more important than ever before and, as the saying goes:

“Where there is hope in the future, there is power in the present.”

Here is the link to my video about this article: https://youtu.be/_1fYHKepVP4

Jan Robberts