Topic: Hope And The Element Of Time

Hope is always tied to the future. Hope in the present is based upon or connected to the future. Hope comes into our life as if the soul has eyes peering out at the landscape of what we think and believe about our future. The eyes of the soul see into the future and from a picture, from the picture the thought or emotion we call hope springs. Using our picture in our mind, each of us has our own crystal ball. We can peer into our crystal ball to see what lies ahead of us. In our crystal ball we most often see replays of our past and consider these replays to be our future. Look at the example of a successful businessperson who has always had what some believe to be the "Midas touch." If every venture this person has tried in business has been successful then the future is never in doubt for him or her. The opposite can also be true. If a person has always experienced failure, what is likely seen in the crystal ball is more of what has gone before. In truth, can determine what goes into the crystal ball. We can determine what we see in our future by taking totally honest looks at our past and assessing our past in truth and wisdom. The person who considers their past to be nothing but failure may be looking at their past in the wrong way. There may be some plausible reason why their ventures have not turned out as planned. The truth is this: our future may indeed not be a replay of our past. We do not say "We hope things will turn out yesterday." We always say "We hope things turn out tomorrow." We always place our hopes and dreams in some future time. Hope is tied to our tomorrows.

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