Don’t Give Up!
Gosh, sometimes nurturing the hope factor is quite difficult, isn’t it?
Throughout our lives, we all have something going on that requires hopefulness. But sometimes, circumstances don’t allow for that “skill” to carry us through the tough times. Or is that just me?
For the past year of my life, I have been the Champion of Hope for any and everyone who expresses despair or hopelessness in my presence. Then certain things changed for me wherein I became the despairing person and I found myself in the depths of yuckiness, also known as the Yuck Zone.
Just like every skill, however, practice becomes an ongoing and ever present need so that the skill we are trying to maintain becomes second nature to us.
I have to remind myself that I have witnessed so much in my seventy-two years of life – some of it directly affecting me and some of it just a part of the grand scheme of being a human in a world that at its worst is scary as hell and at its best is less scary – and I actually have come through all of that human experience 100% of the time.
100% of the time!
But even more important than relying on that past successful history, is remembering to spend more time with those people with whom I have community because together we can keep ourselves out of the Yuck Zone that does its best to bury us. That doesn’t mean I isolate myself from the world, rather, I make sure my hope tank doesn’t run on empty.
So the encouragement I offer to you and to myself is to surround ourselves with “angels” that build us up, not break us down. It’s a wonderful thing to help others, while also helping ourselves, don’t you think?
Living: the ultimate team sport 