"A quick fix of hope is what I'm needing." ~Could It Be Any Harder by The Calling
I love that line from the song. I love the entire song. It is about a lost love. However, that one line is appropriate for so many other situations in which we find ourselves as we stumble and run and skip and fall throughout our lives.
Hope WAS what I was needed. And I got more than just one fix of it in various ways during the past few days. Like almost everyone, I will probably be requiring yet another dose of it at some time in the future. For now? I am quite satiated.
Odd what happenings can supply the hope we require. It can arrive in the form of discovering something about ourselves that is a positive one. Or maybe an unexpected kind word spoken to us or about us. It can be in the guise of smiles directed our way.
There are also the obvious sources of hope. Good news supplies us with a great sense of hope. (So, why doesn't the media seem to embrace THAT?) Relief from worry brings with it a sense of renewal and hope. Being loved well is an all-encompassing, ongoing fount of hope. Religion and/or spirituality can surround us with the hope we seek.
We each find it in all sorts of places, ways, and people. Isn't it grand when we can actually FEEL it inside of us? There is a straightening of our shoulders, an easiness with which a smile makes its way to our lips and seems to linger there, a brighter cast to our eyes, and an inner glow that stays with us as we hustle and bustle through our days.
When Pandora's Box was opened and spilled all its ills, diseases, and woes on a previously innocent and worry-free world, do you know what the very last thing was to depart from that box?
It was HOPE.
"Hope is the dream of a soul awake." ~French Proverb
9 comments:
Nikki, Hope is what I have always felt too, whenever I listen to that angelic voice of Eva sing this song. I'm so glad your Mother is doing well, she is so fortunate to have you four daughters close at hand. When I read your posts about your family, it sounds like you had very nurturing parents, it must have been a fascinating household. ~Hugs from Cheri in CO~
I like the way you expressed the feeling of hope here. You are right, when you feel hope there is a straightening of the shoulders and a easiness about us. I'm glad you found the hope you needed this week. It gives the rest of us hope, too.
Sam
Good morning my friend...
It is interesting how I use Pandora's Box perhaps way too often to help instill hope in others as I go through my professional and personal life....and here you are using it as well....without hope, we cannot handle the curve balls in life, the twists that we didnt count on, and the heartache that sometimes accompanies it.
When you find you are unable to call upon that hope, look around, there is always a reason to...
Keep hoping my friend...
Huggggggggggggg
Beautiful expression... Maybe when you start to feel on the down side, look at this incredible entry...
Nancy
This was a beauitful entry, thanx. ~Diane~
http://journals.aol.com/dizarra/StorysFromtheCityTalesFromtheSea
What a wonderful entry this is; one I shall remember for a long time. If a man has but one thing to hold onto, aside from the Lord himself, let it be HOPE!
Hugs, love & prayers,
Barb- http://journals.aol.com/barbpinion/HEYLETSTALK
http://journals.aol.com/barbpinion/THERESTOFTHESTORY
My all-time favorite word..."HOPE". Wonderful entry. ;) C. http://journals.aol.com/gdireneoe/thedailies
listening to Eva Cassidy....warm and tender voice....and a reminder to us all, Hope is the only "line" that pulls us through moments of darkness. ( Eva passed away at a young age, before her songs became popular)
As long as the windows of the heart remain open, Hope has a way of finding its way in.....
I'll be looking for you in that rainbow! Marc :)
Hope is as essential to our souls as the air that we breathe is to our body. Hope emerged last because it's the most important...
Jimmy
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