I had to ask myself today what it is exactly that hope produces and it’s role in my life.<\/p>\n
I assumed to understand what this means to me until I honestly asked myself what to do with it. Is hope something that we displace when our aspiration is in question or is it something we have regardless? Defined, expectation is a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future;\u00a0a belief that someone will or should achieve something;\u00a0one’s prospects of inheritance. \u00a0That makes good sense…<\/em><\/span> Where in the sky will you find my head? \u00a0Right there holding my heart. \u00a0Sometimes my heart suffers my mind fanciful ideas. \u00a0I attribute this to an emotional disposition that I’ve accepted and want dearly to sharpen. \u00a0This is my pencil of writ and it often makes it to paper. That’s it – expect hope. \u00a0Expect that no matter what you face in life, any untimely circumstance, all disappointment – you have HOPE. \u00a0That is beautiful. \u00a0There is no opposite it’s simply solid state;\u00a0hope.<\/strong><\/em> That’s my conclusion. \u00a0You must grieve loss when you loose but by doing so you only strengthen the heart. \u00a0Hope does that; heart-strong. \u00a0Head-strong will leave you utterly disappointed and alone. \u00a0A strong heart carries itself in stride and smiles and chooses to hope no matter what the circumstance. As you were… \u00a0Keep hope in all things. \u00a0Don’t expect circumstances will resolve to what your head thinks is the drive behind hope. \u00a0Don’t do it. \u00a0Rather, expect hope will carry you no matter the circumstance. \u00a0You don’t even have to adjust that expectation when you fall. \u00a0The expectation of hope makes it easier to get up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had to ask myself today what it is exactly that hope produces and it’s role in my life. What is hope I assumed to understand what this means to me until I honestly asked myself what to do with it. Is hope something that we displace when our aspiration is in question or is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-relationships","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarodthornton.com\/bemis3lf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNaturally, I had to determine the accurate definition of hope, sure that this would bring clarity. It’s a serious question; should I carry myself aspiring with hope?
\nParaphrased, hope is an optimistic attitude of mind based on an expectation of positive outcomes related to circumstances in one’s life<\/em>.
\nOh, OK. I can wrap my mind around that.<\/em><\/strong> Clearly we all have hope in some capacity, perhaps when we feel there is no hope it’s nothing that concludes hope is removed, we only train our minds to think so. We say things like, “I’ve lost all hope.”<\/em> <\/strong>Is that true?<\/p>\nWhat are expectations<\/h2>\n
\nI consider myself fairly self-aware and conscious of God’s presence in my life. \u00a0Never far removed from grace I work toward expectations derived from my hope. \u00a0However, hope can be dangerous without proper and healthy expectation. \u00a0What do you expect? \u00a0I have a habit of writing everywhere including on my walls – luckily I have dry erase boards and one specifically for such writings where I can reference a thought; the writing on the wall.
\nRecently I had to consider if my hope had merit in all\u00a0expectations, but it didn’t start out with that thought process. \u00a0No, it started with the question; do I dismiss hope and employ my mental faculties to relinquish something which became redefined by circumstance? \u00a0My resolve wasn’t complete so I knew I wasn’t considering the correct definition of hope. \u00a0I thought about hope and considered the other option, the only other option I deduced; release of hand – or if I just use the term I had at the time and my question of hope, do I let go. \u00a0I hate that term. \u00a0It’s easier to use bigger words. \u00a0Letting go just seems like a cop-out.<\/p>\nWhat did you expect?<\/h3>\n
\nI expect blue clouds\u00a0and awe inspiring sunsets,\u00a0but it’s typically not the reality we face on a daily. \u00a0I don’t suffer my heart the shadow of doubt and there’s a good synergy between my heart and being mindful. \u00a0How do they say,\u00a0come correct son. \u00a0<\/em>I come correct and if there’s a typo I turn the pencil on it’s head and erase to re-write. \u00a0The problem with using the eraser is that it’s like back peddling.
\nWell so it goes I adjusted my definition of hope to reflect what it is exactly in this heart and mindful logic. \u00a0Once I did so everything became a little more clear. \u00a0At the end of the day there is nothing to relinquish; nothing to un-hand; nothing to let go of. \u00a0There is only hope, the first step in three which confirms true love in one’s walk with God in life. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nExpect Hope<\/h2>\n
\nI realized it wasn’t even\u00a0necessary to ask myself if I have the right expectation of any given\u00a0situation. \u00a0Don’t get me wrong. \u00a0It doesn’t mean I won’t hurt or feel let down or tear up – cry over perceived\u00a0loss… \u00a0It does mean that I must carry on and wave the banner of hope. \u00a0In doing so I will maintain faith and with hope and faith we can truly love. \u00a0Life is the subject and we subjects of life and as such the objective is to simply subjectively reach out for the object of love applied.
\nThere’s no way to work through life with intellectual inquiry alone – you must learn to love. \u00a0Learning love will lead to acceptance – you can expect that. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nExpectations Hopeful<\/h2>\n
\nExpectations hopeful of optimism bringing circumstances to the place they belong. \u00a0<\/strong>
\nWhen we harbor a closed mind and refuse to accept our circumstances it always results in disappointments and being forced to let go. \u00a0If you have expectations that hope is sufficient for faith and faith for love, you survive, you grow stronger. \u00a0We don’t have control of anyone else and most of the circumstances we face in life. \u00a0So it’s futile to hold on only to feel the option is to let go when the great let down arises or keep hopeful. \u00a0With the mindset of expecting hope you will never be let down. \u00a0I reiterate that it DOES NOT mean things won’t break your heart… \u00a0But it will give you strength to carry on.<\/p>\nResolute Hope<\/h3>\n
\nSo, in close my resolution is to keep strong in hope that everything will work out in the end because all things work out anyway and all good things come to those who hope that faith in this will provide the nurturing to give anyone and everyone true love – it doesn’t come to an end… \u00a0It will only return ten fold so I’m on it. \u00a0I got this…
\nKeep a smile and open heart for by doing so you may find an angel in disguise as a stranger.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n