February 1, 2014

  • Keeping Hope

    It's tough to remain positive when life throws those curve balls.

    Sometimes you swing and hit life's issues out of the park, other times you strike out.

    Forgive the baseball metaphor, but the attempt is to share that no matter what life throws at you - the point is to keep swinging.

    I have to remember that others have it far worse than I do.   We have a roof over our head, food on the table, and clothes on our back.

    Finding the positive is easy to do - it's all about recognizing what you do have - rather than what you missed out on or don't have.  So many people focus on things that they don't have, rather than enjoy those things that are right in front of them.

    A few weeks ago I was in a discussion with someone regarding how hard they have it.  This person was going through his own personal crisis.   Now, I won't go into detail  - but the bottom line was that from his perspective - he was having a very tough time.

    Then, he asked me how he could make it through those issues he was going through.  Then I remembered that life is a lot about perspective.

    Remembering a phrase I read somewhere that "a man complained about his shoes until he saw a man with no feet."

    I asked him about what he does have - and after much talk back and forth he shared that he has his car, his apartment, a job... good friends and a family that lives nearby.  But he still felt lacking.

    I shared with him that he has so much to be thankful and hopeful for, because he has already been blessed with so much.

    Hope is not full of lack, it's about having faith that something good will happen - focusing on the positive - and finding creative moments to make things happen.

    Some days I feel like my friend, lacking in what I don't have - and even I need to have someone  to remind me of what I do have.
    I think we've all been there - and that's just part of life.

    If you are having a tough time with something, just remember that your journey can provide hope and inspiration to someone else who has it worse than you do.

    Keep hope alive, and keep swinging at life's issues - and live for those moments when you hit it out of the park.

Comments (6)

  • Some time we need a little nudge to remember the positive and not dwell on the negatives. Thanks for the nudge!

  • I like your thinking.

    I learned something as a 16 year old kid about this. A CPA told me and my widowed mother that we would have to sell our business because we were going broke. I asked mom how much money we had---about $180. The short version: I had an idea that made my mother cry, but she let me try. The store made more money that summer and year than in its entire history.

    So, something I always told my supervisors when we had a major problem in our department. "There is always a solution to a problem. The question really is, "Are we smart enough to figure it out."

    I believe that. I cannot figure out how not to die, however. lol

    frank

  • . . . I like your advice to "keep on keeping on." I also like what HUMOR ME NOW had to say.

  • It seems that there's a lot of pressure to have more -- what more does one need than a car, an apartment, and family/friends nearby?! Tough times happen, and it's important to plow through them, and to maintain a positive attitude ~ ~ ~ Thanks for this reminder!

  • Being despondent regardless of how well he is doing, is tantamount to being ungrateful. Every day is a new day and you have to keep your faith going and building not just strength to cope with what is dealt to you, but also building a sound character. All the best to you Joel.

  • I love this blog! It is all about counting our blessings, and choosing to see the positives that God has given us... I wrote something similar today.

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