PATHWAY TO PEACE OF MIND

ACTIVE HOPE

Do you often find yourself beginning a sentence with the words 'I hope', as in “I hope I get the promotion …the new job …a pay rise …a new relationship”. Do you get the picture?  We use the word 'hope' - do we use it correctly? What do we mean by hope?  It is a wish not truly believed. It is an aspiration that one feels is somehow in the lap of fate and random chance -maybe it is, but I believe it is not when it is done with faith. Not religious faith rather personal faith, unshakable confidence that - it can really happen

This reflection is about hope. Hope fundamentally is a feeling that a desire will be fulfilled. This is its definition according to popular usage in dictionaries.  Yet we frequently find ourselves using the words "I hope", when we don't expect the desire to be fulfilled at all!  So you say, “I hope I get the job” when deep down inside you don't believe you will. “I hope I will not get sick” when again you just don’t know or believe that hoping ...