Mindful Monday Word-Hope
This weeks word is Hope. One may call Hope, Faith, Prayer or Desire. When my dad had his stroke, we encouraged him to write to increase his motor skills. Hope was the one word I encouraged him to write. I still have his writing of the word and will one day have it tattooed on my left inner wrist to be my reminder of Hope.
This week I’m just going to post quotes about Hope. We all know what Hope holds in our heart and what we Hope for in our lives. For me, Hope is an encouraging word and I hope that some of these quotes will inspire you to never give up on Hope. As a matter of fact, I think we may name our next puppy-Hope! There is sure to be a quote below that speaks to you to remind you to never give up on Hope. Have a great week.
1. “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”
2. “Life is so much brighter when we focus on what truly matters.”
3. “The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most our of it every single day.”
4. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself”
5. “I was smiling yesterday, I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow simply because life is too short for anything else.”
6. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
7. “I’m not telling you it is going to be easy, I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.”
8. “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
9. “You are deciding your life right now. Be intentional, don’t be defined by what you didn’t do.”
10. “Anything you truly want must be worth fighting for.”
11. “Sometimes when things are falling apart they may actually be falling into place.”
12. “When I was 5 year old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” –John Lennon
13. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” –Steve Jobs
14. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things.” –Albert Einstein
15. “Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who they are. Until we have forgive someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is.”
16. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”-Oscar Wilde
17. “Unless it is mad passionate extraordinary love, it is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life. Love should not be one of them.”
18. “Everyday is a second chance.”
19. “Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don’t. And believe that everything happens for a reason…”
20. “Falling in love is easy, staying in love requires work.”
21. “Love is that condition is which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
22. “I am a strong person, but every now and then I also need someone to take me hand and tell me that everything will be alright.”
23. “Happiness often sneaks in a door you did not think was open.”
24. “If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders.”
25. “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”
26. “Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”
27. “The only time that you should ever look back is to see how far you have come.”
28. “To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return.”
29. “Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it.”
30. “A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.”-Ingrid Bergman
31. “Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.”-Andre Breton
32. “Love is a better teacher than duty.”-Albert Einstein
33. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”-Martin Luther King Jr.
34. “Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”-Vincent Van Gough
35. “Love is a friendship set to music.”-Joseph Campbell
36. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever.”-The Notebook
Much like the song, “I hope you dance” I hope you never give up on hope. As always, remember you are a role model for your children, your family and friends. With encouraging words and inspiring actions move forward in hope and never give it up. Keep it in your pocket, place it in your heart, make at a part of your daily thoughts! As an adult we know what hope is. For a child however, we teach them to persevere, to never give up, to keep on going, or like Dory says, “keep swimming” our character Do’er Duck teaches a child to persevere, to never give up and to keep on going. To tie it all together; to hope means to persevere, to keep going. For if you lose hope, you stop moving forward, you give up. I hope you never do!
TELL me and I forget, TEACH me and I remember, INVOLVE me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin