Hope Is Not Just a Word
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Dreams begin as just that. Hope. There is no question that to have more, we must become more. But we should not shy away from what others may categorize as blind hope.
As children we play and dream and imagine and in fact are encouraged to do just that. As children we make great superheroes and singers and actors and the like. As we begin to age, society is all too quick to point out the pitfalls of those dreams and continually remind us that our primary objective as adults is to be responsible, hard-working, and realistic.
The prospect of hoping for more in your life than is supported in society will undoubtedly meet with objection. We hear it all the time: “That thing you are hoping for is not likely to happen given your current situation or what we believe is possible for you.”
Recently, I heard one of the most inspiring speeches I have heard in a very long time. During the Democratic primary race for the presidency in the United States, Barack Obama told an audience, “It’s true, I talk a lot about hope. There are those who are trying to warn you against believing in false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there is nothing false about hope.”
Never allow the voice of the world to steal away your dreams. Never lose sight of the fact that in the unlikely story that is your life, there is nothing false about hope.
Randy Taylor
