Posts Tagged ‘hope’
Courage
How do we truly become ourselves? Many paths lead us to who we are today and who we will become with the hope of, one day, becoming the person we aspire to be. We need the daring and the guts to hold firm to our convictions, even if it seems the whole world is against us. Perhaps even more difficult, we need the courage to change some of our own beliefs that have become obsolete or even proven wrong as it relates to who we are becoming and want to become. It takes courage to stand up to others, but it takes a really different kind of courage to stand up to that voice inside of us that says this is the way I’ve always done this– or the way my parents always did this– or how I was brought up — or… and it continues. I’m not there yet, but I keep trying.
Posted on Sunday, November 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
Truth and Hope
What is truth? This question over the ages has been mired with such complexities. Why? I can’t really say. I prefer to strip away the layers to find the essence of most things–that’s just me. I prefer to define truth with four simple words:
is, or is not. This is truth.
Truth is neutral. It’s neither good nor bad–it just is. And wishing or wanting changes nothing. But then again…
Many time we wish we could change the truth. We fanaticize, we dream and, well, we should do those things. After all, what is true today could inspire change. This is hope. Hope should always follow the truth or what is true today will always be a matter of fact.
Hope inspires our actions to change what is true in our present moment. We want to cure a disease, we want peace, we want good to prevail. Yes, we have cured some diseases, we have witnessed some peace, and most would agree that good should always trump evil. But today, the truth of the matter is that diseases are replaced with new strains, there is a segment of people who are evil, and we witness what is truly bad choking was it truly good. In the midst of truth, we must have hope.
Without hope, truth will always be what is, is.
Posted on Sunday, October 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
