The Place of Hope

It seems impossible that so many months have passed again since I last posted. This was a winter of the final throws of the last part of my second act before the momentous beginning of my third act.

Third act?! How the heck did that happen?  Well, first I lived it, then I reflected on it, and now I'm starting in a new direction. First Act, Second Act, .... Third Act.  The Third Act is living out whatever you have learned and however you have transformed or been transformed.

Intuitively I knew someday the life generated by twenty years of reflection would begin. Practically, it seemed like a pipe dream.

So where is the place of Hope in a very practical , instant world? Hope takes so much effort and time. Well, I have discovered the only place for Hope is in your heart. Remember that verse from Romans 5:3-5 "... and Hope does not disappoint us because it is the Love of Christ poured into our hearts"

Hope has to reside in your heart. It is the foundation for the dream, the idea, the concept, the research, the new information that makes up our pipe dreams. If Hope is in your head, it will fade with argument, impractical and impossible situations that overwhelm, difficulties and obstacles that rest in someone else's hands.

The 'how' of keeping it in your heart is a topic for reflection and quiet. For now, just know that the residence of Hope is an invisible call to be your best self, the self God created you to be. That would be your heart!
Love,
Deborah