Hope?
It's defined as a feeling of expectation, something like a desire for an event or something in particular to happen. This means, it doesn't mean it's going to, we just hope it will. Doesn't that sound scary?
It sounds uncertain to me, uncertain events scare me, but they also excite me, for what does the future really hold. Who knows. After all, what we do today really does determine our future. You want a good future, a good career or job, financial stability. But you are sitting around binge watching Netflix all day and munching on digestive biscuits? that determines a very bleak future away from what you actually 'hoped' for or wanted for yourself. Whereas, studying hard, reading what is required, revising but also making 'you' time. You are destined for a great future. I am not saying you have to study every single minute of the day, no. But if you want a great future, don't just hope, put the work in today and live the rest of your life the way you had 'hoped' for.
I am a strong believer in hope, I have lost hope in my life but I have also found hope and nurtured it. Hope keeps me going, as does faith. It provides me with a drive, something to hold onto when I am struggling and feeling there is no way out.
Losing hope? Why? What has happened in life to make you lose hope?
I have lost hope many times in my little life. I was sectioned at 21, diagnosed with mental health. Felt like my life was over, had no strength to carry on, I felt incredibly isolated and alone, hit rock bottom. I had lost hope. Or so I had thought.
I kept fighting, fighting to stay alive, fighting to get out of that psychiatric hospital. Fighting to regain life and sanity. Fighting to be me, fighting to exist. Had I really lost hope? or had I just lost the conscious feeling of hope. I believe hope stays with us whether consciously or unconsciously, hope never leaves us. When we don't feel it anymore, it isn't because it isn't there. It's because we have become so consumed in our hurt, trauma and worries we neglect that feeling.
What does hope feel like to you? ask yourself, write it down and embrace that feeling. For me, it provides me with comfort, warmth and strength that things, will get better and that there is a better outcome for me, there is, after all, hope. There is a future. A great, bright, happy future for me.
Now - lets talk about faith
Faith?
Whether religious or in general, does it provide the same feeling as hope?
Faith is defined as complete trust, whether in someone or something in particular. Faith is also in the doctrines of a religion. However, for now we will talk about faith without religion (Without disrespect)
Without hope, is there faith?
I believe you can't have faith without hope. You can have hope without faith of course, but it's much better with the both, you may disagree of course but this is in my opinion. What a suit of armour you would have if you had both!
To have faith you must truly believe in something and 'hope' that it transpires.
I hope to have a good life, a good career and of course happiness, and I have faith that this will transpire. Of course I will need to put the work in. This like this doesn't just happen overnight or without putting the work in.
A lot of people, including myself at time, feel I have neither because nothing seems to be happening in life, nothing I had hoped for or had faith in seems to have manifested. Why? because I/we neglected to put the work in, it can't happen without our input. We HAVE to work hard, you wan't to become a lawyer but you need to pass the bar examination? hope and faith may give you strength and the belief in yourself but ultimately you are the one who needs to put the work in and study hard to prevail and flourish to get to where you want to be.
Always put the work in, but never lose hope, never lose faith and remember to always, always be kind to yourself. Remember consciously or unconsciously hope is still there, try to never neglect that feeling, if you find yourself losing it. Take a step back, breathe and find it again.
Live Free
FF
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