What does hope look like to you? During uncertain times it can be difficult to define what is hope? Hope is something that we put our feelings, thoughts, and our mind into. Is it the flower growing through the cracked pavement, is it a sunrise, or is it just knowing that tomorrow will be better?
Hope can have different levels, you hope for good weather, you hope for good travels, but what inspires hope in your soul? Desmond Tutu once described hope is to believe there is light instead of the darkness.
If we consider our current world, one filled with dread and fear, one of suspicion and illness, how can we hope? During the COVID 19 pandemic in the year 2020 we hear many stories of people dying, people being infected, isolated, losing their jobs, and their livelihood, but we also hear stories of hope. Complete strangers sharing their lives, sharing stories, videos, thinking differently, online choirs?
Whoever thought getting dressed up to put the bin out would make headlines?
But that is hope, seeing light, creativity, and joy even during darkness. No matter how you feel, believe there is still hope, there is still light and there will be a point where we come out of the other side. Be the person that emerges from this wave as one holding hope as their torch and love and compassion as their battle cry. If we keep trying and living there is always hope.
