"Like humor, creativity, and springtime, you cannot study hope objectively, or even rationally. Nor can you quantify the beauty of butterflies, or the grace of five-year-old children. Yet all are real. Perhaps of most importance, hope saves lives."
~ George E. Vaillant, M.D.
Hope is hard to define, says the author of Spiritual Evolution.
"Nevertheless, hope adds a desperately important ingredient to living."
We need hope. Let's open ourselves to a flow of it today. One way to do that is to:
"...let the music of hope wash over you," writes Dr. Vaillant.
Do you have any favorite songs that stir your hope?
Here are some possibilities:
The Hills Are Alive from The Sound of Music
Someday from West Side Story
I Hope You Dance
We Are the World
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
They'll Be Blue Birds Over The White Cliffs of Dover
Time After Time
Message in a Bottle
One Love
Don't Stop Believing
In Your Eyes
Let It Be
What a Wonderful World
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Imagine
Wishing you high hopes,
Charlene
P.S. - Feel free to send me your list.
THE FIFTH GIFT IS HOPE: Through each passage and season may you trust the goodness of life. - from The Twelve Gifts of Birth