Resolution
of Hope
“Let
our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another
as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.”
Goran
Persson
This,
and every New Year's day, we begin with hope. Hope that the new year
will be happier, more peaceful, more prosperous and more kind. We
resolve to bring these possibilities into our own lives, and to
spread them to others that we love. We will love more, eat less,
extend a hand, and do whatever it takes to live a healthier life. In
the words of Aristotle, “Hope is a waking dream.” Hope feels
good, it holds the potential of everything both meaningful and
joyful. But hope only carries us so far.
Benjamin
Franklin put it this way, “Be at war with your vices, at peace with
your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better [person].”
Manifesting all that we hope for takes diligence, perseverance, and
affirmation. We must transform our thinking from critical of
ourselves and others, to positive. We must believe in ourselves, and
believe that there is an abiding Source of power and potential within
us. We can tap into that Source, and make what is now only a dream
into a reality. And then we must then put our backs into it and make
it happen.
“Hope
smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will
be happier.'” (Alfred Lord Tennyson) That is the deepest desire of
all human beings on this first day of 2015. And here is our prayer:
“May it be so. Amen”
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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