31 Days of Hope - Day 15

True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome.  True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort.

Walter Anderson

Oh, I like that, "an active effort".  This year has been a year of learning for me.  A year of discovery.  Often, it has been things I would rather not know, nevertheless, I AM learning and it IS an active effort on my part to keep hope alive.   I think that hope can be easy to take for granted.  For me, it was something that I thought I should have, if I just had faith enough, or courage enough, or testimony enough.  I didn't realize that I could choose to have hope, even when everything else was in short supply.
Hope is a choice, but when you choose it, you have to be willing to wait awhile.  I have discovered that prayers are seldom answered right at the moment that I ask.  I usually need to be willing to wait and listen, hoping that things will turn out for the best.  This month, as I have struggled to put forth the effort to find hope, I am feeling the subtle whispers stirring within.  I am breathing in the moment and letting it go, and loving the feeling of hope again.