Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. — Noam Chomsky
At times our prospects look bleak. Whether what concerns us is a loved one’s health, a work problem, or conflict in a relationship, we may be convinced that the future will bring only disappointment.
What we’ve forgotten is that we’ve already survived many of life’s ups and downs. We’ve lived through some of our worst times and now can use our experience to gain a new perspective.
Surprisingly often, life rewards us with more good than we expected. Even loss and grief are followed in time by the opening of our hearts, gratitude for what we’ve been privileged to experience, and pleasure in renewed aliveness. All we need concern ourselves with is this day. Though we don’t know what tomorrow will bring, we can trust that our Higher Power and the process of life itself have gifts in store for us, if we’re open to them.
Today, hope illuminates my day.
Hazelden Foundation
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