Topic: Controlling Hope And Despair

Every adversity or obstacle has both a down side and an up side. Every adversity has both a positive side and a negative side. Every adversity has both a hope side and a despair side. The side of adversity upon which you focus, believe in, think about, feel about, or let consume you, is by your choice. Defeat and fatalism in the face of adversity have adverse physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual outcomes. In every adversity there is a best possible outcome. The best possible outcome in every adversity is the result of hope filling your heart and life. There is never just one negative possible outcome in adversity because there are many possible negative outcomes. There are also many positive outcomes in adversity. In facing your adversity, you may not be fixed, cured, or find a resolution. In living with your adversity, you may not fully go back to the way things were before adversity fell upon you. However, you can have a better life no matter how things are in the present moment and in the future..if..if..if…you embrace hope. When you do not embrace hope you end up living in despair and disappointment. A life-view without hope is not realistic. A life-view without hope is a life lived in misery. A life-view without hope is a life-view grounded in pessimism. If you have no hope, you may never be disappointed, but the result of no hope is nearly always a negative outcome in nearly every circumstance. When you have no hope, you make negative things happen. When you have no hope, you insure negative things happen. With enough loss of hope, you die. The point of having hope in life is to always have a better life regardless of how long your life might be. A life-view with hope is realistic because all things are possible with God. A life-view with hope is a life lived in power and sometimes even bliss. A life-view with hope is a life-view with optimistic views of the future. When you have hope, you may be disappointed, but with hope you shape positive outcomes in nearly every circumstance. When you have hope, you make positive things happen. When you have hope, you insure positive things happen. With enough hope placed in Christ, you live forever in your spirit.

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