Hope is the light we hold onto when we’re stuck in the darkness. It’s the unshakeable belief that things will be different even if you can’t see it yet.
And it’s what we can share with one another, as if passing a torch, sharing a lit candle with those who can’t see the light.
Resilience isn’t something you get just because you want it.
Resilience is more something that you get and earn when you have the courage to face your adversities and your challenges head on. You don’t avoid them, you don’t try to take the short cut and you don’t blame them on someone else.
Resilience is something you get when you are willing to walk the path along your learning and growth that lies within your challenges.
It takes courage to take responsibility for your part and look at what you can do to overcome the challenge you find yourself in.
And when you do that, you learn what you’re capable of and you grow as a result. And next time a challenge comes along, it will still be hard, but your resilience muscle will be stronger and you will trust yourself just a little more that you’ll be able to find a way through.
Sometimes when you’re amidst a very large complex challenge and you’re feeling overwhelmed, the best thing to do is to break it down into bite size chunks of action steps that you could do to start to solve the problem and overcome the challenge you’re in.
And then, take one small step forward. Because overcoming our challenges isn’t about solving it all in one go, it’s about slowly and strategically finding our way through, one step at a time, and always moving forward.
Sometimes the package the universe delivers you doesn’t look exactly like the package you planned.
But then you learn that the universe doesn’t deliver what you think you want, that vision you’ve created in your head. Instead, it delivers what your heart knows you want, that thing that’s aligned with your soul, your values and your purpose.
And it when it delivers this gift to you, the key to receiving this gift is to be courageous, open your heart, let go of the pre-designed construct of your life, trust the process and enjoy the adventure of a lifetime.
Courage is what you need to open your heart again, to allow the broken pieces to be exposed, so they can be healed by a new positive experience.
Bucketfulls of courage, by the way is what you need. Your brain will be screaming at you that there’s danger, but your heart will be telling you you’re ready to heal, ready to grow, ready to love and ready to rewrite your story and create a new future.
So go ahead, step into the wilderness, open your heart again and feel alive in this new adventure.
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