Hoping For Great Things

It has been a crazy few days and I have missed about 3 days of the challenge so far but I am here today Day 16......

As I think about everything that is going on in this world today, I ask myself this question, is there still hope? My response to that is, yes it is if we just have faith and believe that things can and will get better. There are wars and rumors of wars, children killing children, people taking their own lives for reasons only they are aware of and natural disasters taking people out by the thousands and then some. The economy and joblessness is causing people pain, sickness and depression. With everything that you may be experiencing in this life, I promise you that life is worth living and that you will make it through to the other side. To me it is all about perspective and your viewpoint. One person can see one thing one-way and another person can see it another way. It is not what happens to you in this life because; let me tell you plenty of things will happen to you. You may experience the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job, a broken marriage, severed friendships, financial catastrophes and so much more. I ask you how will you deal with it, what will your reaction to it be. You must first decide that nothing on this earth is worth you losing the authenticity of who you were masterfully created to be. You were designed to be great, to change lives and serve humanity from a place of genuine love, kindness and compassion. You were given special talents, skills, gifts and abilities to share with the world while at the same time empowering yourself to be the best you that you can be. Paulo Coelho of The Alchemist said, “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” My hope for you is that you become better than you are today and every day after that. I hope that you get your heart’s desire and that you live out loud ever day of your life. What does hope mean you may ask? It means a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. I hope that in a chaotic world like the one we live in today, that you can smile often, love daily and dream bigger than you have ever dreamed in your life. “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. My wish for you is that you have something to hope for every day of your life, that you have a reason to wake up early and a purpose for your life. It is all up to you how you choose to show up in this world with all its high and lows, good times and bad, triumphs and tragedies. “The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” I hope you leave a legacy that generations will be talking about, long after you have taken your final rest.