Hope!
The final frontier for many of us.
A space we hold in our hearts where we find sanctuary in tough
times. When the mountains in our life
crumble away, and when the beaches vanish into the sea, with one tiny grain of
hope we can hang onto some semblance of a future. Whatever that may be in our minds, it is ours
to digest and dissect ours alone to own and interpret. Hope is a powerful thing and used wisely can
sustain us through so much. However
there lies the antagonistic side of such hope.
Held onto for too long and you can be left hopeless and feeling lost in
a sea of despair. So how then do we find
a balance? How do we decide how to best
utilize that hope?
You can hang onto that one grain of sand,
that piece of hope. You truly can until
your very last breath. I feel that to do
so is not only dignified but an honorable thing to do. Life is mercurial at best and who knows what
can happen. However if you fixate on
that hope, on that one grain, then you run the risk of an even more enormous
fall from grace. If you hang onto
nothing else but hope, you are putting it all on the line. We cannot invest all that we have on that
grain. Some feel we can redefine that
hope and put it towards something more productive than that which landed us in
such a barren wasteland. It’s healthy to
feel hopeful and as I said, I feel it’s healthy to keep that one grain close to
your heart. That doesn’t mean that what
lies within that hope will remain the same.
As we grow and work through the process of loss, grief, sadness, or
disaster, we find ourselves fixated on a tiny spec of what we thought, think,
or believe can be. If we sit in that
space too long, it can destroy us. It’s
best we acknowledge this grain of hope and we continually analyze it. Seeing not just where it lies, but what lies
beyond that and maybe even redefining what we think, and where we think that
powerful thing should be invested. If
you are careful where you invest your hope, it has the potential to build
mountains in your heart; vast beaches in your soul. If you are open and attentive to what is
around you, you have the ability to transform what seems impossible into
something more tangible. Hope for lost
love often feels like a one way street.
Why not reinvest that and move forward beyond what you thought possible? Hope for better. Hope for what you deserve, and hope for
equality. Most of all, hope for the
future and whatever it brings to you.
When you hang your hope on what is gone, you are run the risk of
watching it fall. Don’t let it lay
stagnant in an empty space. Harness it,
make a choice, and commit to that choice.
Hope is good, hope is real, but with one
grain left, a gentle breeze is enough to blow it away. If you choose to hang that grain of hope on
what has passed, and you do decide to take that gamble, take it to new
heights. Invest that hope with all you
have because you know the risk. You know
the odds are stacked against you so focus, be clear, and go forth gracefully
with your heart wide open. Know that if
that wind blows you better hang on for if it blows away that grain you must
accept that you were wrong. Go forth
with confidence. Either choice is up to
you, but where you put that hope is of utter importance for if your last grain
of hope is lost, life is truly less vibrant without that hope.
Hope sometimes feels like the glue that holds
it all together. When those mountains
come crashing down it’s hard to imagine that you could ever see such marvels
again. Yet if you listen quietly and
invest wisely, you can watch as that one grain grows back into something so
vast and beautiful. There will be times
that you hold the soul of another in your hands, like a handful of sand. When you find yourself there go gently
forward. As the sand falls through your
fingers, realize that maybe, just maybe, a single grain will remain in the creases
of that hand. Go forth gently and invest
wisely. Believe in hope, put it where it
belongs, and run boldly into tomorrow.
Believe in hope, believe in love, and believe in life. Make no apologies for where you invest your
hope, and run with the wind, not against it.
