REFRESH THE SOUL MEDITATIONS
Hope or Love: Which is a More Powerful Action?
Holding onto hope when all seems lost
What happens when you can see the light at the end of the tunnel? You have hope. What happens when darkness surrounds you? You have despair.
When there is uncertainty in the darkness (i.e., no light to pave the way), you can still have hope. In other words, even if you don’t know how things will play out, you can hold hope in your heart and keep it alive. When you relinquish to the vulnerability of defeat, you close the door of hope.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good, not because it stands for a chance to succeed.
Then there is love. When your primary motivation is love, there is a shift because you hang on to your commitment to love, not because you sense a great outcome, but because your heart is leading with love.
Love is many things at many times in your life. It may not always make sense and might not offer a direct solution to your situation, but…
