Daily Mood Quote
Day 103 – August 14, 2011
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yesterday, I was in a bit of a sour mood. I had reached my limit of disappointments with people and rejections on the job search for the week, so, it came out in my words. I was always told; let it out, get mad, voice your disappointment; because holding it in only creates bigger problems. Sometimes it even spawns health problems. Well, I don't need those kinds of problems, so I got mad and used my words to express my frustration in the disappointments and rejections of the week. I got it out and I feel better now. Thank you.
It rained last night and after the sour day yesterday, I took the rain as a sign of washing away all the old and bringing in all the new chances and opportunities that this week will offer. Sounds a little like “pie in the sky” but without a little “pie in the sky” thinking, where would hope come from? You need hope; especially after a grumpy, sour day. When rain follows...don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Take it for what it is, renewed hope, renewed opportunity for growth and a chance for your dreams to come true.
In the movie A Cinderella Story, Hillary Duff (Sam) is told by her father (Whip Hubley), “Never let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game.” All right, this statement is about fear. But, isn't it fear that gets in the way of hope, or at least stops us from hoping? Just a thought.
Winston Churchill, a great dispeller of fear, once said: “All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope”. I believe he deliberately placed hope in the final and most memorable position, because hope is the mechanism that makes all the other great things possible. It provides the chance for freedom; for without hope we are all enslaved, even within ourselves. Hope is the core of justice, because it lives in the aspiration of fairness and truth winning out. Hope lies deep within honor and duty, in that what you are doing has a worthwhile and noble goal. And hope is at the heart of mercy. That from the wellspring of human kindness and mercy, a better world for all will grow. So hope, in all its shades, forms and descriptions, is the foundation of all that is good and right with humanity and without it; then fear and despair win and we are truly lost. In that light, I wish us all hope first, then all good to follow. With this week we begin anew; hope in heart and a new day to start again.
Where will you find hope this week?
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