Hope

 "The difference between hope and despair Is a different way of telling stories from the same facts."  Alain de Botton 

The stories we tell ourselves are important. Tell positive ones!

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 "Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." Anne Lamont

It has been my experience that things happen slowly, then all at once. The good and the bad. Keep working and doing the next right thing. 

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 "Hope lies in dreams,  In imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality." Jonas Salk

Do you have the willingness to take action? Are you willing to walk through your fears today?

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 What we call despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. George Eliot 

What actions are you taking today to feed your hope?

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Hope is a verb with its shirt sleeves rolled up. David Orr

If you want your hopes to come true.....Get into Action!  

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 Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature. Steve Maraboli

What you nurture and feed grows. Are you feeding your hope and dreams or your resentments?

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 "It's probably my job to tell you life is not fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I'll tell you hope is precious and you are right to not give up." C.J. Redwine

As a child I would say to my mother "That's not fair." She would always reply, "Life is not fair." It's true! We need to live life on life's terms. Accepting life as it is. There are no celestial hall monitors.  What are things we can change? Hope and action. 

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 "It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee." Nickolas Sparks

I am responsible for the work, Not the results.

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 "This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live in the present. You can not change the past

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 "Never loose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever." Roy T Bennet

This too shall pass. The bad and unfortunately the good. The only constant is change. 

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 "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and a good thing never dies." Andy Dufresne

It is there. Feed the hope and it gets stronger. It takes action.

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 Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle 

You have to be awake to hope. Clear your brain of drugs and alcohol and be free. 

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"We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken." John Green

There is a solution, no matter the problem. Are you going to feed the solution or the problem

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 "Hope never abandons you: you abandon it." George Weinberg

Hope is a choice. Are you going to feed your hopes today?

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 "Hope has a cost. Hope is not comfortable or easy. Hope requires personal risk. It is not about the right attitude. Hope is not about peace of mind. Hope is action. Hope is doing something." Chris Hedges.

Get uncomfortable. Personal growth requires it! Push through the unease. Hope takes courage.

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 "Learn from yesterday, Live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to never stop questioning." Albert Einstein 

Never stop questioning. Do you have the willingness to learn? Learning and doing can get you closer to your hopes and dreams.

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" Hope is a thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and work for it and fight for it." Barak Obama

You have to do the work. You can do the work!

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 Hope is a passion for the possible. Soren Kierkegaard 

The more work you do, the more that becomes possible. 

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 "Stay Positive and Happy. Work hard and don't give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people." Tena Desae

Keep doing the work! Have the willingness to learn! Stick with the winners!

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"Hope is a renewable option: if you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning." Barbara Kingsolver 

Remember when feeling down, this too shall pass. You need not wait for tomorrows hope, you can start your day over at any time.