How do I really want to feel? Have you thought about that? What is the best feeling, the one that will sustain you and lift you and hold you? Of course to feel good. That’s the most obvious answer. Hey, I want to feel good. What does it take to feel good? I’ve decided two things.
If I could walk around the world feeling hopeful, I think that would work. I’m thinking that’s the main event, the bottom line, the pièce de résistance. Feeling hopeful is the cure for many ills. The feeling of hopefulness changes my outlook on life. It doesn’t change what is happening but it changes me, my mind and my heart. This is not always easy. In the midst of physical pain, heartbreak and loss…we have to find our way to hope, to the feeling of hopefulness.
I believe I could be happy for the rest of my life feeling hopeful. That’s how powerful hope feels right now. How do I want to feel? Hopeful. That’s it. Because without hope everything is gray and there is no foothold to be had.
With this on my mind, I asked my godchild about her renewed interest in getting back into college classes. I wondered….was it a feeling of hopefulness? It wasn’t, she said. It was about desire, the desire to have a bigger and more meaningful life. And at 20 years of age, the next step for her is more education. She said “I want more out of life.” Desire – the power of wanting to change for the better, expand, grow, take a step toward. Without desire…restlessness, indifference, stuckness.
Hope + Desire = Possibility and the chance for something different. Hope grounds me, desire moves me. My dynamic duo!
All is well.
Paula
