The Candle of Hope[/caption]Today at church we lit the first Advent Candle, the Candle of Hope. Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. What a powerful emotion is hope! Hope is a strong girder that can span wide chasms of circumstances that assail many of us.
Hope is a powerful engine that can push us through the struggles that often seem to block our way.
Hope makes tomorrow seem brighter than today; today brighter than yesterday.
So we lit the candle of Hope and a bold flame shown steady and bright.
A Flicker of Hope
So many people don’t have even a flicker of hope. For them, hope is overwhelmed by a flood of negative emotions and negative thinking. Know anybody like that?
It’s sad when the road is always running uphill and getting steeper.
It’s sad when the storm on our emotional horizon is growing with each passing day instead of receding with each new sunrise.
It’s sad when we don’t care any more.
Life doesn’t have to be that way.
We have an innate capacity for hope. We were built that way.
Something inside us truly wants the best for us. That inner feeling can begin to grow if we give it time and space to expand.
That inner feeling can be reinforced if by clear thinking we can make timely and good life decisions that need to be made.
That inner feeling can become more real every day as we let ourselves have more peace.
So how is that possible?
We don’t have to let the negative thinking take over our lives.
We don’t have to dwell on every bad that thing that has happened to us or that we have caused to happen to ourselves or others.
We don’t have to stew and foment as a matter of habit. Bad habits can be broken. New habits can be made.
There is neither time nor space here to tell you how this is possible. You’re welcome to visit the link below my name for the details.
The Candle of Hope can become a blazing torch if you give it the fuel of personal peace.
God bless!
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