Trust the Hope

Okay, so I have been thinking a lot about last weeks topic. Over and over I kept repeating to myself to have hope. It got me thinking about how we not only need to have hope but we need to have trust. I can think of so many situations when I finally realized that there was hope for what I was going through but I did not trust myself or trust the hope presented before me. Therefore, by not trusting I learned my lessons the hard way. I learned that without trust it is easy to keep yourself wedged in between that rock and a hard place. Take a second to think. I know this is a very silly and dramatic picture I am about to have you imagine, but just go with me on this tangent for a moment.

Imagine for a moment that you were borrowing your friends favorite shirt to wear out on your first date with that one person you have had your eyes on for weeks. Everything is going great, your hair is doing what you want it to, your outfit is bangin' hot, and you could not be having more fun locking eyes with your dream date as you get deeply engaged in meaningful conversation. Then, out of pure accident a waiter walks by and drops a whole bowl of spaghetti on you. At this moment, you are covered in bright red tomato sauce and mounds of stringy noodles. The only thing going through your head at this moment is how embarrassed you are, how your date is going to completely change their mind on any interest they may have had in you and the fact that you now have to explain to your best friend why their shirt is ruined. 

In this situation it is natural to jump to those initial reactions of panic but this is an exact scenario where trust and hope should come into play. You need to have hope and trust that your date is going to know that the accident had nothing to do with a fault of your own that could tamper with the interest they have shown in you. Also, you have to trust that the spaghetti disaster taking over your best friends shirt right now will come off. That is why we have such machines as washers and dryers, right? If for some reason the disaster does not come out then you must trust that your best friend will see that it was pure accident and not hold you at fault. 

Even though I related to a situation like this, these two terms and ideas can also go for any situation. It may be about love or hate, good or bad, right or wrong and life or death, it does not matter. What I am trying to say I have learned is that you must have hope and trust incorporated into every and all scenarios to truly overcome something.

TIP: Trust yourself and trust the hope presented before you!