Communication - © Costin Raiu,
Photographer
Humans need love.
It
is in the giving and receiving of love that we choose life.
Participating in this fundamental exchange
lies in our ability to trust others.
This is where hope enters.
Too often, we limit
our trust because of past betrayal.
Hope is a special quality that lifts us from this pit
of despair.
Hope doesn't depend on the past.
In
fact, it requires that we disregard
all previous experience, good and bad.
When
we hope for that which we do not have,
we
anticipate that something good will happen.
It
allows us to wait patiently and confidently.
While we wait, we can open our hearts
to
give and receive the love that we need.
Beverly M. Breakey
Excerpted
from
Becoming a
Hope-filled Optimist
