This is: Hope is Healing In 1986, Vaclav Havel, poet and later president of the Czech Republic, was asked, Do you see a grain of hope anywhere? Havel replied, Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Either we have hope within us or we dont; it is a dimension of the soul, and its not dependent on some observation of the world or estimate of the situation. Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons... Hope in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more propitious the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper the hope is. Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. People of faith have hope in what we cannot see. Our hope is in the living God and in eternal life. Hope is often unreasonable, unscientific and illogical, and yet it is the foundation of our worldview and our actions. Lets Pray: Dear God, our hope is in You as we face this day. Let the eyes of our hearts see. Amen. Heres a Thought: Hope sees with the heart. Sources: Ken Hamilton, MD, Founder and Principal of H.O.P.E. (Healing Of Persons Exceptional), in a personal letter, June 12, 2004; hopehealing.org blog.gaiam/quotes/authors/vaclav-havel 1 Timothy 4:10
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