Never stop believing in dreaming, and never stop dreaming of believing. That is what gives us hope, and what keeps us alive. — Unknown
I am grateful for hope
For almost two years I walked around in a state of confusion, I didn’t know who I was, I didn’t know where I was going, I knew there were some things missing from my life such as hope.
Sure, you might of heard me express a few hopes and wishes for things to get better. It sounded like I had hope, but the hope I held for a better life, did not include the dreams or beliefs I needed to stoke a fire within me, that would enable me to achieve the abundance I deserved. I just wanted to be average.
Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When progress is looking for a partner it doesn’t turn to those who believe they are only average. It turns instead to those who are forever searching and striving to become the best they possibly can. If we seek the average level we cannot hope to achieve a high level of success. Our only hope is to avoid being a failure. — Lou Vickery
Today’s gratitude comes with a bonus quotation, but how on spot it is. Without real hope, I only aspired to just be average, I was the “break even” king, and because of this, I lived my life with a mindset towards not failing, instead of success.
Thoughts become things
All that we are is the result of what we have thought –Buddha
Fro me the first step on the road to hope began with gratitude, and recognizing the abundance that surrounds me. This has enabled me to focus on the successes I have had in my life no matter how small they are, instead of failures, in spite of how big they may be. This opened the door just a crack, and hope planted its seed, which continues to grow today. That seed is now inspired by dreams, and the belief that not only those dreams will some day come, but have already arrived.
By Sanjay on Jan 18, 2008 | Reply
This is the second day that you have referred to dreams. To me, a dream is something ethereal, distant and usually vague and unspecific. Dreams are essentially passive. A goal, on the other hand, is far more concrete, solid and has a sense of commitment. But the word I like best is ambition. It owns the desire, directly connects the desire to an outcome and suggests an active path towards the outcome.
Hope itself is a passive attitude, IMO.
By Cary Darling on Jan 18, 2008 | Reply
I am sorry you see such positive words in such a negative light. People can pick apart such words, and argue semantics all day long about what they mean to them, the most important thing is I know what they mean to me.
In the grand scheme of things, these words are much better than the ones I would have chosen just weeks ago, so for now they stay in my vocabulary.
By Sanjay on Jan 18, 2008 | Reply
If you’re happy, then I’m happy for you.