Sometimes the only ray of sunshine is a glimmer of hope. We know things are bad, but someday they might be better. It is good to hope but when we are clinging to a small hope of better in the future it can be worrisome to think we might lose it. When this happens we can prevent ourselves from taking action because we are worried that if we fail not only have we failed, but we have also lost our hope for something better.
Today we are going to tap for those times when we won’t take action because we are worried failure will lead to losing the one thing we are clinging to: our hope in believing that things will be better.
If I Fail I Will Lose The One Thing I Was Clinging To: My Hope
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I love the sensation of hope…I love the feeling of hope…Hope shines light even in the darkest times…Hope helps me to move forward……Hope helps make this pain bearable…It’s great to have this hope…But there is a part of me that’s afraid…That if I try and fail…Not only will I have failure…But I will also have lost my hope…Because the thing I have been hoping in…Has crashed down around me…I give myself permission…To be easy with myself and to recognize that there is always hope…Even if this one thing doesn’t work out…It’s not my only escape…It’s not the only path…It might feel like the only path…It might feel like the obvious path…But even feeling that way…Doesn’t mean it’s my only way out…It’s good to have hope…It’s good to cling to my hope…It’s good to be encouraged by my hope…But even if things don’t work out…Even if the thing I’m hoping for is dashed…I will still have motivation to move forward…And I will still find hope…Hope is good to sustain me in this moment…But it’s not nourishment for the long term…It’s good that I’m afraid of losing that hope…But I can’t live on that hope…And so I must move past it…I give myself permission to act…Even at the risk of failure…Even at the risk of losing hope…Because I must progress…I must move forward…And that can’t happen strictly on hope.
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