#keeping hope alive

[harmonyhealinghub]

Embracing the Power of Hope: A Guiding Light in Challenging Times

Shaina Tranquilino

September 18, 2023

In a world that often seems engulfed by darkness, hope emerges as a powerful beacon of light, offering solace and strength to those who choose to embrace it. It is an intangible force that ignites our spirit, propels us forward, and empowers us to believe in better days. Regardless of the circumstances we find ourselves in, hope remains steadfast, reminding us that even amidst adversity, there is always room for optimism and possibility.

The Essence of Hope:

Hope is not merely wishful thinking or blind optimism; rather, it is a deep-rooted belief that things can improve despite the current challenges. It enables us to see beyond present difficulties and envision a brighter future. Hope fuels resilience within us, allowing us to weather storms with unwavering determination and perseverance.

Finding Hope in Adversity:

While life undoubtedly presents its share of trials and tribulations, it is precisely during these trying times that hope becomes most crucial. In moments of despair and uncertainty, holding onto hope provides comfort and reassurance. Even when faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles, hope whispers words of encouragement and reminds us that every setback can be transformed into an opportunity for growth.

The Ripple Effect of Hope:

Hope possesses an inherent ability to inspire change not only within ourselves but also among those around us. When we radiate hopefulness through our actions and attitudes, we create a domino effect that uplifts others' spirits. By embodying hope as individuals, we become catalysts for positive transformation on both personal and collective levels.

Nurturing Hope:

1. Cultivating gratitude: Gratitude acts as fertile ground for growing seeds of hope. Appreciating the blessings in our lives nurtures an optimistic outlook on the future.

2. Surrounding oneself with positivity: Surround yourself with hopeful individuals who exude positive energy. Engage in activities that bring joy and inspire creativity, fostering an environment conducive to hope.

3. Setting realistic goals: Hope thrives when we set meaningful objectives for ourselves. Breaking down larger aspirations into smaller, achievable milestones allows us to maintain a sense of progress and accomplishment.

4. Embracing resilience: Recognize setbacks as temporary roadblocks rather than permanent failures. Resilience helps us bounce back from disappointments and fuels the flame of hope within us.

Hope is not a passive state but an active choice — a decision to believe in brighter days, even when circumstances may suggest otherwise. It empowers us to rise above adversity, embrace change, and work towards building a better future. Remember that hope is a renewable resource; it can be found within ourselves and shared with others through acts of kindness and compassion. By nourishing our own wellspring of hope, together, we can illuminate the world with its transformative power.

#hopeful moments #hope #finding hope #never lose hope #hope today #hope always wins #keeping hope alive #hope matters #unwavering hope #embracing hope

[katies-bookshelf-blog]

Johnny Depp: it’s fine. Im totally over the girl I said was my soulmate and was pressured to break up with. She means absolutely nothing to me now.

Also JD: *proceeds to self sabotage for the next 30 years and get increasingly more cynical in his self loathing*

#johnny is still wrecked for her i swear #he never recovered #johnny depp #pro johnny depp #winona ryder #keeping hope alive #when she defended him he started wearing her old gifts

[humansofkibera]

Hellen Achu

Am a businesswoman who sells beauty products and other commodities. I started this business 6 years ago and now things have really changed due to the heavy taxation. Years back, I used to make a good profit which could sustain my needs but now the sales are really low and things are getting worse and am really struggling to pay my bills. I voted for change and I hope our new president from our hustler nation will intervene and consider us. As per the way things are going, I have started to loose trust in him but I  have to keep hope alive and hope that he will act as soon as possible and fulfill his promises.

Photo by Joseph

#Hustler Nation #Businesswoman #Keeping Hope Alive

[ruporas]

your love returns in tragedy (ID in alt)

#farcille #falin touden #marcille donato #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #coming face to face with the consequences of acting out of love - marcille u will always be famous #dunmeshi is really a series that keeps on moving bc it's about so many different characters and centered on the journey #rather than like... introspectively on one singular individual so i dont think we see marcille dwell on it but we can see her fatigue #her shock and surprise in the recent ep “don't hurt her she's just confused” Gah. desperately trying to grasp everything thats going on and #not to lose hope. bc undoubtedly the remains she put together was falin's - that short moment of reprieve the party had was with falin #she was able to bring her back her magic did it!! but the violence the fatal swings was not falin at all. #just pondering about holding that guilt... it's such a huge responsibility to be in charge of life in the first place and yet it is #a burden she'll keep trudging with. defying the natural orders to keep the people she love alive... i Lauv her... #also shared sentiment with the rest of the fandom but God. Chimera Falin... she is Everything.... #ruporas art

[positivelyqueer]

all you’ve got to do is pick one activity to do tomorrow. One thing to look forward to. Find a new movie or tv show you want to watch. Check out if there are any local bands playing gigs nearby. Find a random new skill to teach yourself. Do your grocery shopping at a different supermarket. Play stardew valley with someone. Find a new recipe to learn how to cook. See what movies are in cinemas near you. Find a niche museum or community centre in your town. Explore a new park. Go to a thrift store. Go sit in the library for a few hours. Get coffee with a loved one. You can’t leave yet, you’ve got that activity to go do. Keep picking activities. I love you. Stay safe.

#Hope #Positivity #mental health #mental illness #keep going #survival #reasons to stay alive

[copiouscouples]

Watching the BB24 Cast Interviews

and I know that since Pooch is my early fave odds are 3 weeks from now I’m going to be eating these words.

#bb24 #but let's hope that i won't #keeping hope alive

[rusquared]

orv and its core message being: live, even if you must claw your way out of the grave and even if you must burn every page of this book to keep you warm. you can consume us to sustain you through the winter and we will still be there when spring arrives.

the moment you love a story it becomes immortal, neverending. take it. take all of it. we don't mind.

#orv #orv spoilers #<- actually breaks my heart to tag this because i want everyone to see it #maybe it already started keeping you alive from the first chapter #i hope you read to the end

[kicktwine]

occasionally ffxiv will make me emotional to the point of tearing up not because anything sad happened, but because it has such a strong beating heart of a thesis about hope

#wadda heck. #kipspeak #play game #ffxiv will sometimes out of nowhere grip your shoulders and go please. You have to try. only by trying and keeping the hope alive #will the future we desire ever come to pass. and it will. Maybe not in this day or your children’s day #but if we ever hold on. It will #you just have to act. you have to try #and I go (strangled high pitched) ok-

[uncanny-tranny]

Good news! You aren't required to make your hobbies and passions "marketable." In fact, your crafts, hobbies, and passions don't even need to be public if you so choose. You don't have to spend all of your energy becoming perfect if you aren't enjoying the process. You are not a product, you are a person, a creative, and your work also does not need to be a product.

#positivity #yet another post that's like... thinnly-veiled as being for myself #i find myself freezing with anxiety when i think about the things i used to do (writing especially) because... #...i had felt this force to make it ~content~ and ~marketable to an audience~ and it was so fucking daunting... #...it felt like being a gladiator in a coliseum #even now i fight the urge to equate being marketable to being acceptable and worthy of admiration and praise #i wish i hadn't burnt myself out of writing by doing this because i'm simultaneously grieving my writing and hating it #and it sucks the life out of what makes you feel like a person and it takes the art out of art #so be free! pist your art or don't! you are beholden to nobody!!! #(obviously this is not the case for professional artists who rely on their art to keep them alive) #(and i criticize heavily the idea that audiences are entitled to an artists labour) #(i understand that this isn't universal and if it doesn't apply to you then you don't have to take me seriously) #(if you are a professional artist or what have you i hope you are able to feed and house yourself off of that career!) #(i hope you are able to live a happy life and be able to keep loving what you're doing)

[xamiipholia]

I get a surge of serotonin every time I see a creator sticking to their guns.

#Kojima #death stranding #horizon #tlou2 #He gets it #honestly Kojima and Sam Lake keep my hope for this medium alive #Not everything needs fanservice

[thepeacefulgarden]

Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. Maybe not this week, this month, this season, or this year. Maybe not for a very long time. Maybe it's going to take a lot of work and effort on your part. But eventually, you will be okay.

#eventually #you will be okay #you will get through this #the only way out is through #don't give up #coping #difficult times #uncertainty #hope #keep hope alive #healing #recovery

[b1ttersweet-dreams]

and she's wearing down my rings taking the compliments meant for me and although i think i'll miss them at least there's proof of my existence a captive little soldier on her fingers deep behind enemy lines

#ultrakill #v1 ultrakill #v2 ultrakill #ultrakill fanart #v4v #y2r1 #taking whats not yours - tv girl #obviously #this string of lyrics makes me think about how even when v2 is dead and erased from the narrative #at least theres still proof that she once existed even if its something that v1 has stolen from her #and as long as v1 is alive its gonna carry that proof with it #on the left side close to its heart if you will. keeping at least a memory of her alive #i hope you get what i mean im not good at putting my thoughts into words

[concert-bflat]

ONE THING THAT FUCKING KILLS ME ABOUT IVAN AND TILL SINGING MY CLEMANTIS THAT I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE POINT OUT??

IN THE ORIGINAL MY CLEMANTIS MIZI AND SUA SING THE FINAL “MY CLEMANTIS” TOGETHER BUT IN TILL AND IVAN’S VERSION IVAN SINGS IT ALONE???

You know. Because. Unrequited Feelings and All.

THE FACT THAT HE SINGS THAT LINE AFTER SINGING "Oh my Clemantis, please stay by my side"

TILL DOESN'T EVEN SEEM TO HUM THE LAST PART WITH IVAN, NOR DOES HE SING THE LAST LINE WITH HIM LIKE MIZI AND SUA DO TOGETHER. HE FUCKING DOESN'T STAY BY IVAN'S SIDE

ALSO. IVAN'S VOICE TREMORING AT THE VERY END OF HIM SAYING THE FINAL "CLEMANTIS"

I FUCKING HATE IT HERE

#alien stage #till alien stage #ivan alien stage #ivantill #alnst #I HATE IT #I HATE IT HERE #I HATE UNREQUITED LOVE #YES MY BLOG HAS BEEN DEAD FOR SO LONG AND I'M ALIVE AGAIN TO ALNST POST SHUT UP #I'M JUST IN PAIN OKAY #IVAN WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS TO ME MAN #I HOPE HE DIES IN ROUND 6 /J

[lgbtlunaverse]

"Nie Mingjue would still have died young even if Jin Guangyao hadn't killed him" Not as in "So it's fine to kill him because people who won't live for much longer have obviously already forfeit their lives" (what) But as in "If you don't get that Nie Mingjue has had an inevitable young and violent death hanging over him since he was a young teenager and has embraced it you can't fully understand his character"

#mdzs #nie mingjue #i do not wish to be misconstrued on this #because the first interpretation might genuinely be my least favorite nmj take #because it has so much baggage in regards to the actual real life murder of disabled people. most often by their caretakers!! #and the reaction to it from public the media and the justice system is overwhelmingly 'oh well that wasn't a life worth living anyway' #'plus they were SO hard to take care of rlly if you think about it the murderer is the victim here that must've been so hard for them' #and these characters aren't real. nmj isn't actually dead he was never alive. but i really hope that take is no one's actual view on life #but from a purely story-perspective i also hate the 'everything would've been fine if not for jiggy' takes #STOP MAKING THE BLORBO UNINTERESTING BY OUTSOURCING ALL HIS ISSUES!! THOSE ARE /HIS/ LET HIM KEEP THEM

[veggieharumaki]

first date

this is a collab piece with a writer for day 3 of dnf week 2023! Read his fic here.

#DNF NATION WE RIIIIIIIISE #GET THOSE HANDS UP YALL GET THOSE HANDS UP #WE PERSEVERE #WE THRIVE #WE KEEP DNF WEEK ALIVE #FUCK YEAAAAAAAAH #next up is my soulmate au fic so strap in yall #dnfweek2023 #dnf #dreamwastaken #georgenotfound #dream fanart #gnf fanart #dreamnotfound #dnf fanart #fuck this situation fuck antis I hope my **** tastes good cause they’ve been slobbering over everyone elses #I’m really happy to see everyone’s work for this week- so much talent #veggie art

[mwppp]

i love lie low at lupin’s because what! am i suppose to believe that remus had two bedrooms! no!! there was one bed! i know it! everyone knows it! and now there’s implications there’s scenarios! theres healing and there’s sharing the bed in the middle of summer! the middle of summer!

#they went from no interaction (assumption.) for a year! to lie low at lupin! to a shared christmas gift! #the days are longer! the sun is hotter! i know remus was trying and failing to keep his plants alive! #i know he had a stupid little gardeners hat from hope! no! i change my mind! from lyall!!!!!!!!!!! #and he cant keep his garden alive! #and i know sirius walks in fucking post gof where he quite frankly went through Some things! & is like now i have to tend to remus’ garden. #(he does he makes it look beautiful)(he doesn’t wear the hat)